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Genesis 30:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 30 · verse 20
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.Genesis 30:20 · King James Version
Genesis 30:20 in context
18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- husbandʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- enduedzâbadto conferH2064 →
- dowryzebeda giftH2065 →
- dwellzâbalto resideH2082 →
- LeahLêʼâhLeah, a wife of JacobH3812 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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, Deu 21:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-24