Genesis 29:32 (WEB)
Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because the LORD has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Gregory of Nyssa
“Moreover the mothers of the patriarchs gave them their names, as Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and all those who came after them.” — editor's note: Gen. xxix. 32–35
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Augustine of Hippo
“For these are Jews, who are out of Abraham, from whom Isaac was born, and out of him Jacob, and out of Jacob the twelve Patriarchs, and out of the twelve Patriarchs the whole people of the Jews.” — editor's note: Gen. xxi. 1, xxv. 26, xxix. 32, etc.
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Cross-references · 1
Genesis 29:32 and 1 Samuel 1:20 share the same wording (9 words).