Parallel Verses
King James Version
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
New American Standard Bible
Now the Lord saw that Leah was
Holman Bible
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved,
International Standard Version
Later, the LORD noticed that Leah was being neglected, so he made her fertile, while Rachel remained childless.
A Conservative Version
And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
Amplified
Now when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He
Bible in Basic English
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Darby Translation
And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren.
King James 2000
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When Yahweh saw that Leah [was] unloved he opened her womb, but Rachel [was] barren.
Modern King James verseion
And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the LORD saw that Lea was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.
NET Bible
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children, - whereas, Rachel, was barren.
Webster
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.
World English Bible
Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah seeth that Leah is the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel is barren;
Themes
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 29:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Sons
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Genesis 30:22
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 20:18-2
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis 30:1-2
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Judges 13:2-3
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
1 Samuel 1:5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 1:20
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:27
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
1 Samuel 2:21
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.