Genesis 30:20

20 Leah said, "God has presented me with a beautiful present. This time my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons." So she named him Zebulun [Honor].

Genesis 30:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:20

And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry
Having so many children; for though her husband could give her nothing at marriage, and her father gave her no more than one handmaid, yet God had abundantly made it up to her, in giving her so many sons: these are the heritage of the Lord, ( Psalms 127:3 ) ; now will my husband dwell with me;
constantly; and not come to her tent now and then only, as he had used to do; because I have borne him six sons;
this she thought would fix his affections to her, and cause him to cleave to her, and continue with her: and she called his name Zebulun;
which signifies "dwelling". These two sons of Leah, according to the Jewish writers F7, were born, Issachar on the tenth day of Ab or July, and lived one hundred and twenty two years, and Zebulun on the seventh of Tisri or September, and lived one hundred and twenty four years.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 4. 1.

Genesis 30:20 In-Context

18 Leah said, "God has given me my reward because I gave my slave to my husband." So she named him Issachar [Reward].
19 She became pregnant again and gave birth to her sixth son for Jacob.
20 Leah said, "God has presented me with a beautiful present. This time my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons." So she named him Zebulun [Honor].
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel. God answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.
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