Genesis 30:22
The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
In Context
21After him, she bore a daughter, named Dinah.
23And she conceived and bore a son, saying, “God has taken away my reproach.”
Cross References
Genesis 8:1Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished.
Genesis 25:21And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.
Genesis 30:2Jacob, being angry, responded to her, “Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of your womb?”
Psalms 105:42And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.
Psalms 127:3Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:15-25
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come… Read the whole commentary →