Genesis 29:35
in Genesis 29And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
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ASV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
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This verse in Genesis 29
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 35.) And she conceived and bore a son, and she said: Now I will confess to the Lord, and for this reason she called his name Judah. Judah means confession. Therefore, the name confession is derived from the confession. However, here confession is understood as thanksgiving or praise, as often in the Psalms and in the Gospel (Matthew 11:25): I will confess to you, Lord, Father of heaven and earth, that is, I thank you or glorify you.
This site's exposition
Now at last my husband will become attached to me
on Genesis 29:34-35
Levi carries the sound of joined, and Leah names him out of her hope of being joined to her husband. Numbers 18:2 joins Levi to the priests. With the fourth son she stops asking and says she will praise the LORD, and Judah carries the sound of praise.
This site's exposition
This time I will praise the LORD
Leah names her fourth son Judah and says this time she will praise the LORD. Jerome gives Judah the sense of confession, which he explains as thanks, as in the thanks Jesus gives the Father at Matthew 11:25. Matthew Henry ties the praise to Christ.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Now will I praise the Lord more and better than I have done. [2.] All our praises must centre in Christ, both as the matter of them and as the Mediator of them. He descended from him whose name was praise, for he is our praise. Is Christ formed in my heart?
And she conceived again, and bare a son,....
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
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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She called his name Judah - יהודה yehudah, a confessor; one who acknowledges God, and acknowledges that all good comes from his hands, and gives him the praise due to his grace and mercy. From this patriarch the Jews have their name, and could it be now rightly applied to them, it would intimate that they were a people that confess God, acknowledge his bounty, and praise him for his grace. Left bearing - That is, for a time; for she had several children afterwards.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתַּ֨הַר | vatahar | and she conceived | H2029 → | 43 times |
| ע֜וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בֵּ֗ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַפַּ֙עַם֙ | hapaam | this time | H6471 → | 118 times |
| אוֹדֶ֣ה | ʾodeh | I will praise | H3034 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| קָרְאָ֥ה | kareah | she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד | vataamod | and she stopped | H5975 → | 521 times |
| מִלֶּֽדֶת׃ | miledet | from bearing children | H3205 → | 496 times |
וַתַּ֨הַרand she conceived
vataharH2029 →43 times
ע֜וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
בֵּ֗ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙and she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
הַפַּ֙עַם֙this time
hapaamH6471 →118 times
אוֹדֶ֣הI will praise
ʾodehH3034 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֛ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
קָרְאָ֥הshe called
kareahH7121 →733 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דand she stopped
vataamodH5975 →521 times
מִלֶּֽדֶת׃from bearing children
miledetH3205 →496 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
1 Chronicles 5:2And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
it leads to
- Hebrews 7:14
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 2:6
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…
- Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
- Psalms 60:7
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Genesis 49:8–10
Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Hebrews 7:14
Through
Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
it leads to
- Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…
- Hebrews 11:17–18
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
- Acts 7:8
Through
Deuteronomy 33:7And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his…
it leads to
- Genesis 49:8–12
Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Genesis 49:8–12
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsLeahJacob's unloved first wife, on whom the LORD's eye fell — the mother of Judah, the messianic tribe, and of Levi, the priestly trib…
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.