Bible Strands
Genesis 29:35
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Leah speaks after conceiving and bearing a fourth son, concluding her childbearing during her marriage to Jacob. The moment follows the birth of Levi and marks the end of her reproductive narrative.
The words — The text highlights הַ/פַּ֙עַם (ha./Pa.'am), meaning “this time,” and אוֹדֶ֣ה ('o.Deh), meaning “I will praise.” These terms record Leah’s verbal shift from hoping for Jacob’s attachment to declaring worship.
The thread — The naming of Judah appears in Genesis 49:8 as the source of future brotherly praise, in 1 Chronicles 5:2 as the line of prevailing leadership, and in Matthew 1:2 as an ancestor in the messianic genealogy.
Why it lands — The verse states that Leah stopped having children after naming Judah and declaring praise. It asks the reader to note the narrative pivot from relational competition to explicit acknowledgment of divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Cross-references
- Genesis 49:8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2 And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
- Matthew 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- Genesis 35:26 And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Deuteronomy 33:7 And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
- Genesis 38:1 About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Genesis 43:8 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- Genesis 44:18 Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
- Genesis 46:12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.