Genesis 30:22
God saw how sad Rachel was, and so he answered her prayers. He made a way for her to have a baby.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
In Context
21Later on Leah had a baby girl and named her Dinah.
Cross References
Genesis 8:1God did not forget about Noah and the animals in that big boat called the Ark. So God stopped the water from coming up from under the ground. He stopped the rain falling from the sky and he made a strong wind blow on the floodwater to help it go down.
Genesis 25:21Isaac and Rebekah were married for 20 years and they still did not have any children and so Isaac prayed for her. God heard his prayer and later on Rebekah knew she was going to have a baby.
Genesis 30:2Jacob was really angry with Rachel and said, “I am not God! He is the one who has stopped you from having children.”
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 →