Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 30:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
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Role in This Section
Leah conceives again and bears Jacob a sixth son. The birth report prepares Zebulun's naming speech and Leah's renewed hope for honor from Jacob.
Read It With
- Genesis 29:31–30:24
Read verses 17–20. God listens to Leah, Issachar is born and named, verse 19 reports another birth, and verse 20 interprets it through gift and hoped-for honor. Verse 19 alone does not explain the son's name or the continuing relational pain.
Why It Needs Context
This birth notice functions inside Leah's renewed sequence and depends on Zebulun's naming speech; it should not be expanded into an independent fertility promise.
Read Genesis 30:19–21 together
Why these verses belong together: Leah's sixth son, hoped-for honor, Zebulun's naming, and Dinah's birth complete Leah's later sequence.
Verse 19. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Verse 20. 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.
Verse 21. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Continue in Context
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Read Genesis 29:31–30:24 — God Builds Jacob's Family Amid RivalrySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? very strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, unit boundary, birth sequence, name speeches, household relationships, later birth-mother identification, and forward family movement.
Exact location: Genesis 29:31–30:24 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 29:15–30; 30:25–43; 33:1–7; 35:23–26; 37:2; and 49
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew wording, literary repetitions, wordplays, textual difficulty, speaker distinctions, and lexical uncertainty.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 29:31–30:24; wording and morphology for hated, saw, heard, knees, built, judged, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, mandrakes, hired, Issachar, Zebulun, remembered, reproach, removed, and added
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