Genesis 29:31

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Summary

Genesis 29:31

And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Saw

Exodus 3:7

Was hated

He opened

General references

Genesis 20:17

Exodus 1:1

Deuteronomy 22:13

Bible References

Saw

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

Was hated

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

He opened

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

General references

Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.

If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,