Bereshis 30:17-24
Orthodox Jewish Bible
17 And Elohim paid heed unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Ya’akov ben chamishi.
18 And Leah said, Elohim hath given me my hire, because I have given my shifchah to my ish; and she called shmo Yissakhar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Ya’akov ben shishi.
20 And Leah said, Elohim hath endued me with a zeved tov (good endowment); now will my ish zabal (honor) me, because I have born him shisha banim; and she called shmo Zevulun.
21 And afterwards she bore a bat, and called her shem Dinah.
22 And Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim paid heed to her, and opened her rekhem (womb).
23 And she conceived, and bore ben; and said, Elohim hath taken away my cherpah (shame, disgrace, reproach);
24 And she called shmo Yosef; and said, yosef (may He add), may Hashem add me ben acher (another son).
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