God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Parallel translations
- KJV And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
- BSB And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
- NKJV And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
- NASB God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
- NLT And God answered Leah’s prayers. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
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- 1 Sam 1:20When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
- Gen 30:22God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- 1 Sam 1:26–27She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
- Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
- Exod 3:7Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Gen 30:6Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan.
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