Genesis 29:33
in Genesis 29Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
she named him Reuben
on Genesis 29:32-33
Reuben carries the sound of see, a son, and Simeon the sound of hearing. Leah names the LORD in both, saying He has seen her affliction and heard that she is unloved. Reuben is the firstborn of Israel, and 49:3 and 4 take the first place from him.
This site's exposition
she named him Simeon
Simeon is paired with Levi in the violence at Shechem in chapter 34, and Jacob's last words curse their anger together at 49:5 to 7. John Gill mentions a Jewish tradition that Leah bore her sons at seven months. He cites Pirke Eliezer for it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 33.) And she conceived, he said, another son and said: Because the Lord has heard me, since my husband hated me, and also gave me this one: and she called his name Simeon. From the fact that she was heard, she gave him the name Simeon. For Simeon indeed means hearing.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The affairs of princes and mighty nations that were then in being are not recorded in the book of God, but are left to be buried in oblivion; while these small domestic concerns of holy Jacob are particularly recorded with their minute circumstances, that they may be in everlasting remembrance. For "the memory of the just is blessed." Jacob's Arrival at Padan-aram.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
son . . . his name Reuben--Names were also significant; and those which Leah gave to her sons were expressive of her varying feelings of thankfulness or joy, or allusive to circumstances in the history of the family. There was piety and wisdom in attaching a signification to names, as it tended to keep the bearer in remembrance of his duty and the claims of God.
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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתַּ֣הַר | vatahar | and she conceived | H2029 → | 43 times |
| עוֹד֮ | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בֵּן֒ | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתֹּ֗אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שָׁמַ֤ע | shama' | he has heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שְׂנוּאָ֣ה | senuah | [am] hated | H8130 → | 146 times |
| אָנֹ֔כִי | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| וַיִּתֶּן־ | vaiyiten- | and he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִ֖י | li | to <the> me | ||
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זֶ֑ה | zeh | this [one] | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַתִּקְרָ֥א | vatikra' | and she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃ | shimon | Simeon | H8095 → | 44 times |
וַתַּ֣הַרand she conceived
vataharH2029 →43 times
עוֹד֮again
ʾodH5750 →490 times
וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
בֵּן֒a son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַתֹּ֗אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שָׁמַ֤עhe has heard
shama'H8085 →1159 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שְׂנוּאָ֣ה[am] hated
senuahH8130 →146 times
אָנֹ֔כִיI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
וַיִּתֶּן־and he has given
vaiyiten-H5414 →2011 times
לִ֖יto <the> me
li
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זֶ֑הthis [one]
zehH2088 →1180 times
וַתִּקְרָ֥אand she called
vatikra'H7121 →733 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃Simeon
shimonH8095 →44 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 34:25Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
it leads to
- Genesis 49:5–7
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 29:33–34
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Genesis 49:5–7
Through
Genesis 42:24And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
it leads to
- Genesis 43:30
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
- Genesis 43:30
Through
Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
it 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.
- Genesis 30:18–20
Through
Genesis 30:8Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
it leads to
- Genesis 32:24–25
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- Genesis 23:6
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
- Matthew 4:13
Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
- Genesis 32:24–25
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.