Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless. New Living Translation When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive. English Standard Version When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Berean Standard Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. King James Bible And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. New King James Version When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. New American Standard Bible Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was unable to have children. NASB 1995 Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. NASB 1977 Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Legacy Standard Bible And Yahweh saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Amplified Bible Now when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren. Christian Standard Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was neglected, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive. American Standard Version And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH saw that Leah was despised and he opened her womb, and Rakhyl was a sterile woman. Brenton Septuagint Translation And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. Contemporary English Version The LORD knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel. Douay-Rheims Bible And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren. English Revised Version And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the LORD saw Leah was unloved, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel had none. Good News Translation When the LORD saw that Leah was loved less than Rachel, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel remained childless. International Standard Version Later, the LORD noticed that Leah was being neglected, so he made her fertile, while Rachel remained childless. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. Literal Standard Version And YHWH sees that Leah [is] the hated one, and He opens her womb, and Rachel [is] barren; Majority Standard Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. New American Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he made her fruitful, while Rachel was barren. NET Bible When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless. New Revised Standard Version When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. New Heart English Bible The LORD saw that Leah was unloved, so he made her fertile, but Rachel was barren. Webster's Bible Translation And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren. World English Bible Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah seeth that Leah is the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel is barren; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”… Cross References Acts 7:8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. Genesis 29:30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. Genesis 29:32 And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now." Genesis 30:1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. "Give me children, or I will die!" she said to Jacob. Genesis 30:2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?" Genesis 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Treasury of Scripture And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. saw. Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; was hated. Genesis 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: he opened. Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Genesis 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. Genesis 21:1,2 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken… Jump to Previous Barren Child Children Fruitful Hated Leah Opened Openeth Rachel Unloved WombJump to Next Barren Child Children Fruitful Hated Leah Opened Openeth Rachel Unloved WombGenesis 29 1. Jacob comes to the well of Haran.9. He becomes acquainted with Rachel. 13. Laban entertains him. 18. Jacob covenants for Rachel. 23. He is deceived by Laban with Leah. 28. He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more. 32. Leah bears Reuben; 33. Simeon; 34. Levi; 35. and Judah. BIRTH OF JACOB'S ELEVEN SONS, AND HIS DAUGHTER. (31) Leah was hated.--We must not soften this down too much; for plainly Leah was not the object of love at all. It was her fruitfulness which gave her value in her husband's eyes, and when this ceased, Jacob utterly neglected her (Genesis 30:15). Verse 31. - And when the Lord saw - literally, and Jehovah saw. As Eve's son was obtained from Jehovah (Genesis 4:1), and Jehovah visited Sarah (Genesis 21:1), and was entreated for Rebekah (Genesis 25:21), so here he again interposes in connection with the onward development of the holy seed by giving children to Jacob s wives. The present section (vers. 31-35) is by Davidson, Kalisch, and others assigned to the Jehovist, by Tuch left undetermined, and by Colenso in several parts ascribed to the Elohist. Kalisch thinks the contents of this section must have found a place in the earlier of the two documents - that Leah was hated, - i.e. less loved (cf. Malachi 1:3) - he opened her womb (cf. 1 Samuel 1:5, 6; Psalm 127:3): but Rachel was barren - as Sarai (Genesis 11:30) and Rebekah (Genesis 25:21) had been. The fruitfulness of Leah and the sterility of Rachel were designed not so much to equalize the conditions of the sisters, the one having beauty and the other children (Lange), or to punish Jacob for his partiality (Keil), or to discourage the admiration of mere beauty (Kalisch), but to prove that "the origin of Israel was to be a work not of nature, but of grace" (Keil).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel saw וַיַּ֤רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Leah לֵאָ֔ה (lê·’āh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3812: Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob was unloved, שְׂנוּאָ֣ה (śə·nū·’āh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 8130: To hate He opened וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח (way·yip̄·taḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve her womb; רַחְמָ֑הּ (raḥ·māh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7358: The womb but Rachel וְרָחֵ֖ל (wə·rā·ḥêl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob [was] barren. עֲקָרָֽה׃ (‘ă·qā·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6135: Sterile Links Genesis 29:31 NIVGenesis 29:31 NLT Genesis 29:31 ESV Genesis 29:31 NASB Genesis 29:31 KJV Genesis 29:31 BibleApps.com Genesis 29:31 Biblia Paralela Genesis 29:31 Chinese Bible Genesis 29:31 French Bible Genesis 29:31 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 29:31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated (Gen. 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