Genesis 29:33

_AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN AND BARE A SON; AND SAID BECAUSE THE LORD HATH HEARD THAT I WAS HATED HE_ _ AND 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._ Simeon - i:e., favourable bearing. NOW THIS TIME WILL MY HUSBAND BE JOINED UNTO ME. This language is still used in the East by a wife who has become the mother of one or two sons. Mr. Graham, an intelligent missionary, describes ('Jordan and Rhine') the case of a wife who had born twin sons; and when the rumour spread through the neighbourhood in the city, the Moslem ladies came in troops, crying, 'What has God willed! How glorious! How fortunate! Now your husband will love you, and your name shall be great.'...

31-35 The names Leah gave her children, expressed her respect and regard, both to God and to her husband. Reuben, or See a son, with this thought, Now will my husband love me; Levi, or joined, expecting, Now will my husband be joined unto me. Mutual affection is both the duty and comfort of the married relation; and yoke-fellows should study to recommend themselves to each other, 1 Corinthians 7:33; 1 Corinthians 7:34. She thankfully acknowledges the kind providence of God in hearing her. Whatever supports and comforts us under afflictions, or tends to our deliverance from them, God must be owned in it. Her fourth son she called Judah, or praise, saying, Now will I praise the Lord. This was he, of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. Whatever is the matter of our rejoicing, ought to b...

Verse Genesis 29:33. _SHE CALLED HIS NAME SIMEON._] שמעון _shimon, hearing_; i.e., God had blessed her with another son, _because_ he had _heard_ _that she was hated _- loved less than Rachel was....

- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל _rāchēl_, Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה _lê'âh_, Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה _zı̂lpâh_, Zilpah, “drop?” 29. בלהה _bı̂lhâh_, Bilhah, “timidity.” 32. ראוּבן _re'uvbēn_, Reuben, “behold a son.” A paronomasia in allusion to the phrase בעניי ראה _be‛ānyı̂y_ _rā'âh_. Derivatives and compounds, being formed by the common speaker, are sometimes founded upon resemblance in sound, and not always on precise forms of the original sentence which prompted them. 33. ש

EXPOSITION GENESIS 29:31 AND WHEN THE LORD SAW—literally, _and Jehovah saw_._ _As Eve's son was obtained from Jehovah (Genesis 4:1), and Jehovah visited Sarah (Genesis 21:1), and was entreated for Rebekah (Genesis 25:21), so here he again interposes in connection with the onward development of the holy seed by giving children to Jacob's wives. The present section (Genesis 29:31-1) is by Davidson, Kalisch, and others assigned to the Jehovist, by Tuch left undetermined, and by Colenso in

AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN, AND BARE A SON,.... As soon as she well could. The Jews x have a notion, that Leah brought forth her sons at seven months' end: AND SAID, BECAUSE THE LORD HATH HEARD THAT I [WAS] HATED; or less loved than her sister: HE HATH THEREFORE GIVEN ME THIS [SON] ALSO; to comfort her under the trial and exercise, and engage her husband's love the more unto her: AND SHE CALLED HIS NAME SIMEON: which signifies "hearing", and answers to the reason of her having him as she concluded. x Pirke Eliezer, c. 36....

CHAPTER 29 JACOB WITH LABAN _ 1. Jacob's arrival at Padan-aram (Genesis 29:1)_ 2. His service for Rachel (Genesis 29:15) 3. Laban's deception (Genesis 29:21) 4. Jacob receives Rachel (Genesis 29:26) 5. Leah's sons (Genesis 29:32) The Lord brought him to Padan-aram, where he was to dwell as an exile for twenty years. During these twenty years Jehovah did not manifest Himself to him, even as Israel dispersed among the nations has no communications from the Lord. His sojourn in Padan-aram produce

GENESIS 29:31 TO GENESIS 30:24. THE BIRTH OF JACOB'S CHILDREN. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31; Genesis 30:9 is from J, Genesis 30:1; Genesis 30:8 is from E, Genesis 30:14 mainly from JE, the two strands here being hard to unravel. It records the origin of the tribes of Israel. It reflects conditions a good deal earlier than those kno

REUBEN. Hebrew. _behold. son._ For the various orders of the 12 tribes, see App-45. HEARD. Hebrew. _sham'a_ (heard). SIMEON. Hebrew. _Shime'on_ (hearing). Figure of speech _Paronomasia._...

Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24. Birth of Jacob's Children 31 35 (J); Genesis 30:1-24 (J, E and P) In this section is narrated the account of the birth of eleven sons and one daughter. Six of the sons, viz. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, and the daughter Dinah, are the children of Leah; Gad and Asher are the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Dan and Naphtali are the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; and Joseph is the son of Rachel. These are all born to Jacob in Haran. The only son born in Canaan is Benjamin (see Genesis 35:16-19). It has been conjectured that this account not only