Genesis 29:34

And she conceived again, and bore ben; and said, Now this time will my ish yillaveh (become attached) unto me, because I have born him shloshah banim: therefore was shmo called Levi.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

In Context

33And she conceived again, and bore ben; and said, Because Hashem hath heard I was hated, He hath therefore given me this also; and she called shmo Shim'on.

35And she conceived again, and bore ben; and she said, Now will odeh (I praise) Hashem; therefore she called shmo Yehudah; and stopped giving birth.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:20And Leah said, Elohim hath endued me with a zeved tov (good endowment); now will my ish zabal (honor) me, because I have born him shisha banim; and she called shmo Zevulun.

Genesis 35:23The Bnei Leah: Reuven bechor Ya'akov, and Shim'on, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Zevulun;

Genesis 49:5Shim'on and Levi are achim; 1 kelei chamas (instruments of violence) are in their swords. 1

Exodus 32:26Then Moshe stood in the sha'ar of the machaneh, and said, Who is on Hashemʼs side? Let him rally unto me. And all the Bnei Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, 1 Let Thy Tummim and Thy Urim be with Thy chasid, 1 whom Thou didst prove at Massah, 1 and with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Merivah; 1

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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