31When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.


In Context

28 And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

29 Laban gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

30 Jacob lay with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now."

33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.

Genesis 29:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:31And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:31And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:31And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:31And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:31Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:31And Jehovah seeth that Leah is the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel is barren;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.