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Jacob’s Family

31 The Lord saw that Leah was not loved, and he allowed her to conceive, but Rachel had no children. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben,[a] because she had said, “The Lord has looked at my misery. So now my husband will love me.”

33 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:32 Reuben means Look, a son.
  2. Genesis 29:33 Simeon means he heard.