Genesis 29:33
And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 30:6And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan.
Genesis 30:18And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 34:25And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the men:
Genesis 35:23The sons of Lia: Ruben the firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zebulon.
Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:32-35
Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1749.) 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. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a… Read the whole commentary →