Genesis 30:17

And the Lord received the prayer of Leah, and she conceived, and bare to Jakob a fifth son.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And Jakob came in from the field at evening, and Leah went out to anticipate him, and said, With me thou wilt go in, because with hire have I hired thee, with the mandrakes of my son; and he lay with her that night.

18And Leah said, The Lord hath given me my reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issakar.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:22And the remembrance of Rahel came before the Lord, and the Lord received her prayer, and gave her to conceive.

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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