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Genesis 30:17-22

17And Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430hearkenedוַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'H8085unto Leahלֵאָ֑הle.'AhH3812,and she conceivedוַתַּ֛הַרva.Ta.harH2029,and bareוַתֵּ֥לֶדva.Te.ledH3205Jacobלְיַעֲקֹ֖בle.ya.'a.KoH3290the fifthחֲמִישִֽׁי׃cha.mi.ShiH2549sonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121.

18And Leahלֵאָ֗הle.'AhH3812saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559,Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430hath givenנָתַ֤ןna.TanH5414me my hireשְׂכָרִ֔יse.kha.RiH7939,becauseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I have givenנָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414my maidenשִׁפְחָתִ֖יshif.cha.TiH8198to my husbandלְאִישִׁ֑יle.'i.ShiH376:and she calledוַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Issacharיִשָּׂשכָֽר׃yi.so.sh.KharH3485.

19And Leahלֵאָ֔הle.'AhH3812conceivedוַתַּ֤הַרva.Ta.harH2029again, and bareוַתֵּ֥לֶדva.Te.ledH3205Jacobלְּיַעֲקֹֽב׃le.ya.'a.KoH3290the sixthשִׁשִּׁ֖יshi.ShiH8345sonבֵּן־ben-H1121.

20And Leahלֵאָ֗הle.'AhH3812saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559,Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים׀'E.lo.HimH430hath enduedזְבָדַ֨נִיze.va.Da.niH2064me witha goodטוֹב֒tOvH2896dowryזֵ֣בֶדZe.vedH2065;nowהַפַּ֙עַם֙ha.Pa.'amH6471will my husbandאִישִׁ֔י'i.ShiH376dwellיִזְבְּלֵ֣נִיyiz.be.Le.niH2082with me, because I have bornיָלַ֥דְתִּיya.Lad.tiH3205him sixשִׁשָּׁ֣הshi.ShahH8337sonsבָנִ֑יםva.NimH1121:and she calledוַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Zebulunזְבֻלֽוּן׃ze.vu.LunH2074.

21And afterwardsוְאַחַ֖רve.'a.CharH310she bareיָ֣לְדָהYal.dahH3205a daughterבַּ֑תBatH1323,and calledוַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'H7121her nameשְׁמָ֖הּshe.MahH8034Dinahדִּינָֽה׃di.NahH1783.

22And Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430rememberedוַיִּזְכֹּ֥רvai.yiz.KorH2142Rachelרָחֵ֑לra.ChelH7354,and Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430hearkenedוַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'H8085to her, and openedוַיִּפְתַּ֖חvai.yif.TachH6605her wombרַחְמָֽהּ׃rach.MahH7358.

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