32 And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the [a]Lord hath looked upon my tribulation, now therefore mine husband will [b]love me.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:32 Hereby appeareth, that she had recourse to God in her affliction.
  2. Genesis 29:32 For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife.

32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(A) She named him Reuben,[a](B) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.(C) Surely my husband will love me now.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.

So Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son.

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and she became pregnant and bore him a son.

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28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

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28 Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.(A)

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