Genesis 30:23
Jacob slept with Rachel and she had a son. Rachel said after he was born, “Now God has taken away my shame.”
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In The King James Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
In Context
22God saw how sad Rachel was, and so he answered her prayers. He made a way for her to have a baby.
24She named the baby Joseph but said, “Lord, can I have another son please?”
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 →