The Ancient TableGenesis 29:33–34 · Daily Genesis story
Hoping to be heard
Leah names Simeon and then Levi. Separate births carry her changing words about being heard and joined to her husband.
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She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon. She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.
Genesis 29:33–34 · World English Bible Classic
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