Genesis 30:17

And God heard her prayers. And she conceived and bore a fifth son.

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In The King James Version

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

In Context

16And when Jacob returned from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and she said, “You will enter to me, because I have hired you for the reward of my son’s mandrakes.” And he slept with her that night.

18And she said, “God has given a reward to me, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:22The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.

1 Samuel 1:20And it happened that, in the course of days, Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, because she had requested him from the Lord.

Luke 1:13But the Angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you. And you shall call his name John.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:15-25

14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come… Read the whole commentary →

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