Bible verse
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Genesis 30:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 30.
13 Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14 Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
19 Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20 “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
21 After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
KJV
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
ASV
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
ERV
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
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