Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.
New American Standard Bible
God gave heed to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
King James Version
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Holman Bible
God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
International Standard Version
God heard what Leah had said, so she conceived and bore a fifth son for Jacob.
A Conservative Version
And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
American Standard Version
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
Amplified
God listened and answered [the prayer of] Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
Darby Translation
And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son.
King James 2000
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God listened to Leah and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
Modern King James verseion
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God heard Lea, that she conceived and bare unto Jacob the fifth son.
NET Bible
God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.
New Heart English Bible
God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
The Emphasized Bible
And God hearkened unto Leah, - and she conceived and bare to Jacob a fifth son.
Webster
And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
World English Bible
God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Youngs Literal Translation
And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,
Themes
Children » In answer to prayer » Leah
Emulation » Illustrated » In jacob's household
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
The tribe of issachar » Descended from jacob's fifth son
Polygamy » Domestic unhappiness » In jacob's family
Women » Instances of » Leah, in her imitation of rachel in the matter of children
Interlinear
'elohiym
Shama`
Harah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Children
16 In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night. 17 And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.
Genesis 30:22
Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
Exodus 3:7
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;
1 Samuel 1:20
Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.
1 Samuel 1:26-27
And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:
Luke 1:13
But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.