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Genesis 29:29-33 New English Translation (NET)

29. (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

30. Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

31. When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

32. So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

33. She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.

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