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31 The Children of Jacob.[a] Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was being overlooked, opened her womb while Rachel remained barren.

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  1. Genesis 29:31 Jacob had many sons, but Israelite tradition counts only twelve of them, including the last born, Benjamin (Gen 35:18), and regards them as the ancestors of the twelve tribes that make up the chosen people.