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Genesis 29:31

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¶ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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  1. 1 Samuel 2:21Rank 1 from verse 31
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    21And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

  2. Psalms 127:3Rank 2 from verse 31
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    3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:5Rank 3 from verse 31
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    5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

  4. Deuteronomy 21:15Rank 4 from verse 31
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    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:

  5. Genesis 20:18–2Rank 5 from verse 31
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  6. Genesis 30:1–2Rank 6 from verse 31
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    1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

  7. Matthew 10:37Rank 7 from verse 31
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    37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  8. Exodus 3:7Rank 8 from verse 31
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    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;

  9. Genesis 29:30Rank 9 from verse 31
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    30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

  10. Judges 13:2–3Rank 10 from verse 31
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    2¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

    3And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

  11. Luke 1:7Rank 11 from verse 31
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    7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

  12. Genesis 25:21Rank 12 from verse 31
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    21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  13. Genesis 27:41Rank 13 from verse 31
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    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.

  14. Genesis 30:22Rank 14 from verse 31
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    22¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

  15. John 12:25Rank 15 from verse 31
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    25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

  16. Luke 14:26Rank 16 from verse 31
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    26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  17. Malachi 1:3Rank 17 from verse 31
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    3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

  18. 1 Samuel 1:20Rank 18 from verse 31
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    20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

  19. 1 Samuel 1:27Rank 19 from verse 31
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    27For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

  20. Matthew 6:24Rank 20 from verse 31
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    24¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  21. Genesis 16:1Rank 21 from verse 31
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    1NOW Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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Genesis 29:31

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

barren

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1. Unable to bear offspring. 2. Unproductive or unable to yield fruit or increase; desolate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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

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29:32And 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.

29:33And 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.

29:34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

29:35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

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