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.
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Gill's Exposition
And she conceived and bare a son,.... Through the goodness of God unto her, and for which she was greatly thankful:
and said, God hath taken away my reproach; the reproach of barrenness with which…
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Adam Clarke
Now will my husband dwell with me - יזבלני yizbeleni; and she called his name Zebulun, זבל a dwelling or cohabitation, as she now expected that Jacob would dwell with her, as he had before dwelt with…
Here is, I. Leah fruitful again, after she had, for some time, left off bearing. Jacob, it should seem, associated more with Rachel than with Leah. The law of Moses supposes it a common case that, if…
Cambridge Bible
dwell Heb. zabal, "he dwelt." In this verse we have two explanations of the name "Zebulun." In the first clause Leah says "God has endowed (zabad) me with a good dowry (zebed)"; cf. the names Zabdi…
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