Genesis Chapter 30 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 30:20

And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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BBE Genesis 30:20

And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.
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DARBY Genesis 30:20

and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
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KJV Genesis 30:20

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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WBT Genesis 30:20

And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dower; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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WEB Genesis 30:20

Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
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YLT Genesis 30:20

and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun;
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Zebulun.--Leah is more than usually obscure in the reasons she gives for this name; for she plays upon two words, which probably both belonged to the Mesopotamian pato is: and as this was a Syriac dialect, we must look to that language for their explanation. The first is zebed; and here there is no difficulty. It means such presents as a father gives his daughter on her marriage, over and above those enumerated in the marriage contract. Of the second, zabal, there is no trace. Nor do the Syro-Arabic lexicons acknowledge in the word "Zebulun" such a sense as that of dwelling, given it in our margin. Bar-Ali explains it as meaning "salvation of the night, or a good dowry," and Bar- Bahlul, "a dowry of the night," both deriving it from zebed, a dowry, and lun, to pass the night. The derivation is wrong as far as concerns lun; for the word Zebulun is formed simply from zebed, the final d of which is changed into I for mere reasons of euphony. The Versions take the word zabal as mean ing, "to be with," Vulg.; "to choose," LXX.; "to cleave to," Syriac. It occurs nowhere else, but the substantive zebul is not uncommon, and means dwelling, station.As a woman's value in the East rises with each son, Leah now hoped for more love from her husband. Nor does she seem to have been disappointed.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativehas givenזְבָדַ֨נִי (zə·ḇā·ḏa·nî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singularStrong's 2064: Bestow upon, endow withme a goodטוֹב֒ (ṭō·wḇ)Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, goodgift,”זֵ֣בֶד (zê·ḇeḏ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2065: Endowment, gift[she]לֵאָ֗ה (lê·’āh)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3812: Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacobsaid.וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“This timeהַפַּ֙עַם֙ (hap·pa·‘am)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrencemy husbandאִישִׁ֔י (’î·šî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personwill honor me,יִזְבְּלֵ֣נִי (yiz·bə·lê·nî)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singularStrong's 2082: Probably to dwellbecauseכִּֽי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionI have borneיָלַ֥דְתִּי (yā·laḏ·tî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineagehimל֖וֹ (lōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's Hebrew sixשִׁשָּׁ֣ה (šiš·šāh)Number - masculine singularStrong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)sons.”בָנִ֑ים (ḇā·nîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonAnd she namedוַתִּקְרָ֥א (wat·tiq·rā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7121: To call, proclaim, readhim Zebulun.זְבֻלֽוּן׃ (zə·ḇu·lūn)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 2074: Zebulun -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and their territoryJump to PreviousBorn Borne Bride-Price Dower Dowry Dwell Endowed Endued Gift Good Honor Husband Leah Precious Presented Six Time Treat Zebulun Zeb'ulun