Genesis 29:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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.

Ver. 34. And she conceived again.] So, what she wanted in beauty, she had in fecundity or fruitfuiness: and this redounded to God's greater glory, by Leah's thankfulness; who might say -

Si mihi difficilis formam natura negavit,

Laude Dei, formae, damna rependo, meae .”

- Sappho, apud Ovid .

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