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32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, |The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.| 33 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, |Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.| So she named him Simeon. 34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, |Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.| That is why he was named Levi. 35 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, |This time I will praise the LORD.| That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children. Genesis 29:32-35, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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