She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.
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She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.
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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore was his name called Levi.
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Passages linked to Genesis 29:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 32:26-29 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day. Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”
- Genesis 49:5-7 “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- Genesis 34:25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
- Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 2:1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
- Numbers 18:2-4 Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony. They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you. They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
- Deuteronomy 33:8-10 About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah. He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant. They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a…
Gen 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Ver. 34. And she conceived again.] So, what she wanted in beauty, she had in fecundity or fruitfuiness: and this redounded to God’s greater glory, by Leah’s thankfulness; who might say -
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“ Si mihi difficilis formam natura negavit,
Laude Dei, formae, damna rependo, meae .”
- Sappho, apud Ovid.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This time will my husband be joined unto me…
This time will my husband be joined unto me in more sincere and fervent affection.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she conceived again, and bare a son,.... A…
And she conceived again, and bare a son,.... A fourth son, a son in whose line, and from whose tribe, the Messiah was to spring:
and she said, now will I praise the Lord; she had praised him before for looking on her affliction, and hearing her cries, and giving her one son after another; but now she determines to praise him more than ever, having a fresh instance of his goodness to her: the Targum of Jonathan adds this as a reason,"because from this my son shall come forth kings, and from him shall come forth David the king, who shall praise the Lord.''And why may it not be as well supposed that she had knowledge of the Messiah springing from him, which would greatly heighten and increase her joy and praise?
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and therefore she called his name Judah; which signifies "praise". A further improvement is made of this name, and the signification of it, in Gen 49:8. According to the Jewish writers (y), these four sons of Jacob were born, Reuben on the fourteenth day of Chisleu, or November, and lived one hundred and twenty four years; Simeon on the twenty first of Tebeth, or December, and lived one hundred and twenty years; Levi on the sixteenth of Nisan, or March, and lived one hundred and thirty seven years; and Judah on the fifteenth of Sivan, or May, and lived one hundred and nineteen years. And all these names being of the Hebrew language, and derived from words in it, show that this language, or what was much the same with it, was spoken in Laban's family, and had been continued from Nahor, as it had been in Isaac's family from Abraham:
and left bearing; that is, for a while, for after this she bore two sons and a daughter; see Gen 30:17.
(y) Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 3. 2. & 4. 1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 34. Therefore was his name called Levi.] לוי…
Verse 34. Therefore was his name called Levi.] לוי levi, joined; because she supposed that, in consequence of all these children, Jacob would become joined to her in as strong affection, at least, as he was to Rachel. From Levi sprang the tribe of Levites, who instead of the first-born, were joined unto the priests in the service of the sanctuary. See Gen 18:2; Gen 18:4.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Levi, "adhesion or union." My husband will now stick…
Levi, "adhesion or union." My husband will now stick to me.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 34. Levi — Which means a joining. Fondly now…
34. Levi — Which means a joining. Fondly now does she hope for a deeper and truer heart union with her husband.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. joined] From the root lavah, “to join.” In…
34. joined] From the root lavah, “to join.” In Num_18:2; Num_18:4, this word lavah is especially used of the attachment of the sons of Levi to the service of Jehovah, as the priestly tribe. According to many scholars, the name denotes the tribe par excellence of the Leah group; which, owing to some great disaster, was broken up, and the name survived only in the guild of Priests and their assistants. See on chap. 34 and Gen_49:5-7. On the meaning of Leah, see note on Gen_29:16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And she conceived again (say, in the third year…
And she conceived again (say, in the third year of her marriage), and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, hwl to join, is the root from which comes ywile. (Levi), her son"s name because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi Associated, or Joined.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 29:34 Leah named her third son Levi, hoping that…
29:34 Leah named her third son Levi, hoping that her husband would become “attached” to her since she had given him three sons. This hope was not fulfilled.
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