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Genesis 29:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.


Genesis 29:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:3110 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֤רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שְׂנוּאָ֣הśənwʾāh
was hatedverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
לֵאָ֔הlēʾāh
LeahnounH3812
וַ/יִּפְתַּ֖חwayipətaḥ
and he openedconjH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רַחְמָ֑/הּraḥəmāh
womb hernounH7358
womb
וְ/רָחֵ֖לwərāḥēl
and RachelconjH7354
עֲקָרָֽהʿăqārāh
was barrenadjH6135
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Carlos RiveraNote1mo ago
Leah Was Unloved
Leah gives birth to her first son, but the text has already established that Jacob loved Rachel and didn't love Leah. Her childbearing doesn't change that - she's still the unloved wife. I teach lite...
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