Genesis 29:32

And Leah childed a son conceived (or And Leah conceived, and bare a son), and she called his name Reuben, and said, The Lord hath seen my meekness; now mine husband shall love me.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

31Forsooth the Lord saw that Jacob despised Leah, that is, (that he) loved her less than Rachel, and (so) he opened Leah’s womb, while her sister dwelled barren.

33And again she conceived, and childed a son, and said, For the Lord saw that I was despised, he gave also this son to me (or he also gave me this son); and she called his name Simeon.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:11And afterward he said (or And then he said), Lo! thou hast conceived, and thou shalt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, for the Lord hath heard thy torment;

Genesis 35:22And while he dwelled in that country, Reuben went, and slept with Bilhah, the secondary wife of his father, which thing was not hid from him (or which was told to Jacob). Forsooth the sons of Jacob were twelve;

Genesis 37:21Soothly Reuben heard this, and endeavoured to deliver him from their hands, and said, Slay we not the life of him, (or and he said, No, we should not kill him),

Genesis 42:22Of which one, Reuben, said, Whether I said not to you, Do not ye sin against the child, and ye heard not me? lo! his blood is sought. (And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not ye do this sin against the boy, but ye would not listen to me? behold! now his blood is sought from us.)

Genesis 46:8Forsooth these be the names of the sons of Israel, that entered into Egypt; Jacob with his free children. The first begotten is Reuben; (And these be the names of the children of Israel who went to Egypt; that is, the names of Jacob and his sons. The first-born was Reuben;)

Exodus 3:7To whom the Lord said, I saw the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I heard the cry thereof, for the hardness of them that be sovereigns of the works, (or and I heard their cry, for the hardness of those who be their taskmasters). And I knew the sorrow of the people,

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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