Genesis 29:33

She gave birth to another son; and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am spurned, he has given me this one also”; and she called his name Simeon.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32So Leah gave birth to a son whom she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has seen my affliction; now my husband will love me.”

34She gave birth to another son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me because I have borne him three sons”; therefore his name was called Levi.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:6Rachel said, “God has judged me and has also heard my voice and has given me a son.” So she called his name Dan.

Genesis 30:18Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave-girl to my husband”; so she called his name Issachar.

Genesis 34:25On the third day when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took swords and came upon the city unawares,

Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are akin, weapons of violence are their swords. I will not enter into their council,

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 →

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