Genesis 29:32

29:32 So Leah became pregnant67 and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,68 for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition.69 Surely my husband will love me now.”

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67	tn Or “Leah conceived” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35).
68	sn The name Reuben (רְאוּבֵן, ré’uven) means “look, a son.”
69	tn Heb “looked on my affliction.” sn Leah’s explanation of the name Reuben reflects a popular etymology, not an exact one. The name means literally “look, a son.” Playing on the Hebrew verb “look,” she observes that the Lord has “looked” with pity on her oppressed condition. See further S. R. Driver, Genesis, 273.