Genesis 30:24
And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
In Context
23And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken my reproach.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 37:4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,
Genesis 49:22Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
Ezekiel 37:16And thou son of man, take thee a stick: and write upon it: Of Juda, and of the children of Israel his associates: and take another stick and write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, and of his associates.
Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and adored the top of his rod.
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 →