Genesis 30:17

And God hearkened unto Leah,—and she conceived and bare to Jacob a fifth son.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And Jacob came in from the field, in the evening, so Leah went out to meet him and said: Unto me, shalt thou come in, for I have hired, thee, even with the mandrakes of my son. And he lay with her that night,

18Then said Leah. God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel,—and God hearkened unto her, and granted her to bear.

1 Samuel 1:20And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,—and called his name Samuel [="Heard of God"], Because, of Yahweh, I asked him.

Luke 1:13But the messenger said unto him—Do not fear, Zachariah! Inasmuch as thy supplication hath been hearkened to,—and, thy wife Elizabeth, shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt 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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