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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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A Name of Hopeful Dwelling
Commentators explain that the name "Zebulun" is a play on two similar-sounding Hebrew words for "dowry" (zebed) and "dwelling" (zabal). Leah felt God had given her a rich dowry of six sons, and she named Zebulun with the hope that this would finally cause her husband, Jacob, to "dwell" with her and value her.
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18th Century
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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