Genesis 30:20 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 30:20

“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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

KJV

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Jacob had not endowed her when he married her, nor had he wherewithal in possession; but she reckons a family of children not a bill of charges, but a good dowry, Ps. cxiii. She promises herself more of her husband's company now that she had borne him six sons, and that, in love to his children at least, he would often visit her lodgings.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Now will my husband dwell with me - יזבלני yizbeleni; and she called his name Zebulun, זבל a dwelling or cohabitation, as she now expected that Jacob would dwell with her, as he had before dwelt with Rachel.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
לֵאָ֗ה	le.'Ah	Leah	H3812 →
זְבָדַ֨נִי	ze.va.Da.ni	he has endowed me	H2064 →
אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֹתִי֮	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
זֵ֣בֶד	Ze.ved	an endowment	H2065 →
טוֹב֒	tOv	good	H2896 →
הַפַּ֙עַם֙	ha.Pa.'am	this time	H6471 →
יִזְבְּלֵ֣נִי	yiz.be.Le.ni	he will honor me	H2082 →
אִישִׁ֔י	'i.Shi	husband my	H376 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
יָלַ֥דְתִּי	ya.Lad.ti	I have borne	H3205 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to <the> him
שִׁשָּׁ֣ה	shi.Shah	six	H8337 →
בָנִ֑ים	va.Nim	sons	H1121 →
וַתִּקְרָ֥א	va.tik.Ra'	and she called	H7121 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁמ֖וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
זְבֻלֽוּן׃	ze.vu.Lun	Zebulun	H2074 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:18–19
  Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Judges 4:10
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
leads to
- Judges 5:18
  Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
- Judges 5:15
  The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 4:14
  Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor…
Through
Matthew 4:13
Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
leads to
- John 4:46
  So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
- Mark 1:21
  Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
- Matthew 11:23
  And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would…
Through
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
leads to
- Genesis 30:18–20
  Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis