And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.
And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,
And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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(Verse 19 and 20.) And Leah conceived again and gave birth to her sixth son for Jacob. And Leah said, 'God has endowed me with a good endowment. Now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun. Wherever we have settled, he will dwell with me.' And the Seventy translated it as 'he will love me.' In Hebrew, it is written as Jezbuleni. And the meaning is that I have borne Jacob six sons, so now I am secure, for my husband will dwell with me.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420patristic
And Leah conceived again,.... For bearing children Jacob took more to her, and more frequently attended her apartment and bed: and bare Jacob a sixth son; the sixth by her, but the tenth by her and his two maids.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
These were the descendants of Zebulun by their clans: The Seredite clan from Sered, the Elonite clan from Elon, and the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.
Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.
