Genesis 30:17 meaning and explanation

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

Genesis 30:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Leah speaks here as the unloved wife in a household where two sisters compete for Jacob's attention. In the previous verse she has just hired Jacob for the night with her son's mandrakes, and the narrator says God listened to her.

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