31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-35)We have here the birth of four of Jacob’s sons, all by Leah. Observe, 1. That Leah, who was less beloved, was blessed with children, when Rachel was denied that blessing, Gen. 29:31. See how Providence, in dispensing its gifts, observes a proportion, to keep the balance even, setting crosses and comforts one over-against another, that none may be either too much elevated or too much depressed. Rac…
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