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 - [Hebrew, Zªbuluwn (H2074) or Zªbuwluwn (H2074) (habitation), either from zªbuwl (H2073), dwells, or, as some think, from zebed, a gift or dowry, the name being a paranomasia or play upon both words] The birth of a son is hailed with demonstrations of joy, and the possession of several sons confers upon the mother an honour and respectability proportioned to their number. The husband attaches a similar importance to the possession, and it forms a bond of union which renders it impossible for him ever to forsake or to be cold to a wife who has borne him sons. This explains the happy anticipations Leah founded upon the possession of her six sons.