Genesis 29:31–32 · Daily Genesis story

Leah names Reuben

Leah bears her first son and names him Reuben. Her words reveal the hope she carries into an unequal marriage.

AI-generated cinematic reconstruction. God remains unseen, and childbirth happens off-screen. Household tasks, infant appearance and the depicted care are cinematic illustration; the passage does not give Reuben’s exact age here.

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Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 29:31–32 · World English Bible Classic

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