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Genesis 30:20 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd 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. {Zebulun: that is, Dwelling: Gr. Zabulon}”

Genesis 30:20

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18

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. {Issachar: that is, An hire}

19

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

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. {Zebulun: that is, Dwelling: Gr. Zabulon}

21

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. {Dinah: that is Judgment}

22

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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