Genesis 29:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

joined. Hebrew. yillaveh (joined).

Was his name called. Hebrew she called his name, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. Error due to neglected abbreviation in primitive Hebrew text. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6.

Levi. Hebrew. Levi (joiner).

Genesis 29:34

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.f