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Sforno on Genesis 29:31/ספורנו על בראשית כ״ט:ל״א
אכִּי שְׂנוּאָה לֵאָה. שֶׁהִכִּיר בָּהּ אַחַר כָּךְ סִימָנֵי עֲקָרָה, כְּאָמְרוֹ וַיִּפְתַּח אֶת רַחְמָהּ, וְחָשַׁב שֶׁבִּשְׁבִיל זֶה הִסְכִּימָה לְהַטְעוֹתוֹ.
1כי שנואה לאה, because after his first meeting with her Yaakov recognised that Leah bore the symptoms of a woman who is unable to have children.
בוְרָחֵל עֲקָרָה. הָיְתָה עֲקָרָה בְּטִבְעָהּ וְנִשְׁאֲרָה כָּךְ עַד שֶׁהָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ פָּתַח אֶת רַחְמָהּ.
2ויפתח את רחמה, Yaakov had thought that the reason Leah had been willing to deceive him was because of her awareness of her barrenness. She remained in such a state until G’d took pity on her and opened her womb.