“She conceived again, and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I am hated, He gave me this as well. She called his name Simeon” (Genesis 29:33). “She conceived again, and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard [shama] that I am hated, He gave me this as well. She called his name Simeon [Shimon]” – this one is destined to produce an enemy.11Zimri ben Salu (see Numbers 25:14).
Who will heal his wound? It is Pinḥas, who is destined to be produced from Levi. “She conceived again, and bore a son, and said: Now, this time, my husband will accompany [yillaveh] me, as I have borne him three sons; therefore, he called his name Levi” (Genesis 29:34). “She conceived again, and bore a son…therefore, he called his name Levi” – Rabbi Yudan said: This Levi is destined to accompany the children to their Father in Heaven.
“Therefore [al ken], he called his name” – everywhere that al ken is stated, it is a large population. “She conceived again, and bore a son, she said: This time I will thank the Lord. Therefore, she called his name Judah, and she ceased bearing” (Genesis 29:35). “She conceived again, and bore a son; she said: This time I will thank [odeh] the Lord. [Therefore, she called his name Judah [Yehuda]]” – Rabbi Berekhya in the name of Rabbi Levi: This is analogous to a priest who descended to the threshing floor.
One gave him a kor12A kor is 30 seim. The equivalent of about 250 liters. of tithe, but he showed him no gratitude. And one gave him a handful of non-sacred produce, and he showed him gratitude. He [the first man] said to him: ‘My lord priest, I gave you a kor, and that one gave you only a handful, and you show gratitude to him?’
He said to him: ‘You gave me from my portion, but that one gave me from his own; that is why I showed him gratitude.’ So, because the matriarchs believed that this one would have three, and that one would have three, when Leah bore a fourth son, she said: “This time I will thank the Lord.”