創世記29:31-35

29:31 耶和華見利亞失寵（原文是被恨；下同），就使她生育，拉結卻不生育。
29:32 利亞懷孕生子，就給他起名叫流便（就是有兒子的意思），因而說：「耶和華看見我的苦情，如今我的丈夫必愛我。」
29:33 她又懷孕生子，就說：「耶和華因為聽見我失寵，所以又賜給我這個兒子」，於是給他起名叫西緬（就是聽見的意思）。
29:34 她又懷孕生子，起名叫利未（就是聯合的意思），說：「我給丈夫生了三個兒子，他必與我聯合。」
29:35 她又懷孕生子，說：「這回我要讚美耶和華」，因此給他起名叫猶大（就是讚美的意思）。這才停了生育。

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless. ³² Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,^[b] for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”
³³ She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.^[c]
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.^[d]
35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah.^[e] Then she stopped having children.

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    說到「愛情」的力量，又要補一句經文所說：「雅各也與拉結同房，並且愛拉結勝似愛利亞，於是又服事了拉班七年。」

    雖然雅各愛拉結不愛利亞，但是上帝卻有祂奇妙的做為：「耶和華見利亞失寵（原文是被恨；下同），就使她生育，拉結卻不生育。」

    利亞就因為上帝的賜福，一連生四個小孩：流便（就是有兒子的意思）、西緬（就是聽見的意思）、利未（就是聯合的意思）、猶大（就是讚美的意思）。

     這四個兒子當中，猶大是猶大支派的祖先，是大衛王、主耶穌的出處，所以拉結會受如此記念的原因。