GENESIS 30:17

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Genesis 30:17 Translation & Meaning

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And God אֱלֹהִ֖ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
hearkened וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hearkened
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
Leah, לֵאָ֑ה Leah, a wife of Jacob Leah
and she conceived, וַתַּ֛הַר To be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively) conceived
and bare וַתֵּ֥לֶד To bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage bare
Jacob לְיַֽעֲקֹ֖ב Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch Jacob
the fifth חֲמִישִֽׁי׃ Fifth; also a fifth fifth
son. בֵּ֥ן A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) son

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  • 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 in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

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

  • 18  And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

  • 19  And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.




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