23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. …
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-24)Here is, I. Leah fruitful again, after she had, for some time, left off bearing. Jacob, it should seem, associated more with Rachel than with Leah. The law of Moses supposes it a common case that, if a man had two wives, one would be beloved and the other hated, Deut. 21:15. But at length Rachel’s strong passions betrayed her into a bargain with Leah that Jacob should return to her apartment. Reub…
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