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highlighted Genesis 30:20 NLT
She named him Zebulun, for she said, “God has given me a good reward. Now my husband will treat me with respect, for I have given him six sons.”
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:19 NLT
Then Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:18 NLT
She named him Issachar, for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:17 NLT
And God answered Leah’s prayers. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:14-15 NLT
One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” But Leah angrily replied, “Wasn’t it enough that you stole my husband? Now will you steal my son’s mandrakes, too?” Rachel answered, “I will let Jacob sleep with you tonight if you give me some of the mandrakes.”
Jan 19
Marie.Irby
highlighted Genesis 30:13 NLT
And Leah named him Asher, for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me.”
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:11 NLT
Leah named him Gad, for she said, “How fortunate I am!”
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:9 NLT
Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:8 NLT
Rachel named him Naphtali, for she said, “I have struggled hard with my sister, and I’m winning!”
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:7 NLT
Then Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:6 NLT
Rachel named him Dan, for she said, “God has vindicated me! He has heard my request and given me a son.”
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:4 NLT
So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
Jan 19
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highlighted Genesis 30:1-3 NLT
When Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She pleaded with Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!” Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. “Am I God?” he asked. “He’s the one who has kept you from having children!” Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me, and through her I can have a family, too.”
Jan 19
Marie.Irby
highlighted Job 9:21 NLT
“I am innocent, but it makes no difference to me— I despise my life.
Jan 18
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highlighted Job 8:13 NLT
The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
Jan 18
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highlighted Job 7:20 NLT
If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of all humanity? Why make me your target? Am I a burden to you?
Jan 18
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highlighted Job 7:17-18 NLT
“What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often? For you examine us every morning and test us every moment.
Jan 18
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highlighted Job 7:5 NLT
My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.
Jan 18
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highlighted Job 7:4 NLT
Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’ But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
Jan 18