Parallel Verses
Amplified
God listened and answered [the prayer of] Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Children
16
When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me [tonight], for I have in fact hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17 God listened and answered [the prayer of] Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
18
Then Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she named him
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, “God has judged and vindicated me, and has heard my plea and has given me a son [through my maid].” So she named him Dan (He judged).
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered [the prayers of] Rachel, and God thought of her and opened her womb [so that she would conceive].
Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
1 Samuel 1:20
It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; she named him
1 Samuel 1:26-27
Hannah said, “Oh, my lord! As [surely as] your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood beside you here, praying to the Lord.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your petition [in prayer] was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him