Genesis 29:33
Good News Translation
She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "The LORD has given me this son also, because he heard that I was not loved"; so she named him Simeon.

New Revised Standard Version
She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also”; and she named him Simeon.

Contemporary English Version
She had a second son and named him Simeon, because she said, "The LORD has heard that my husband doesn't love me."

New American Bible
She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “It means, ‘The LORD heard that I was unloved,’ and therefore he has given me this one also”; so she named him Simeon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.

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2253. B.C.

1751. Because.

Genesis 30:6,8,18,20 And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son; and therefore she called his name Dan. . . .

called.

Genesis 34:25,30 And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men. . . .

Genesis 35:23 The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon.

Genesis 42:24 And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning, he spoke to them.

Genesis 49:5,6 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity waging war. . . .

Simeon.

Context
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah
32And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying: The Lord saw my affliction: now my husband will love me. 33And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.34And she conceived the third time, and bore another son, and said: Now also my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons: and therefore she called his name Levi.…
Cross References
Numbers 34:20
Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammiud.

Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn,

Genesis 29:32
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