Genesis 30:24

She named the baby Joseph but said, “Lord, can I have another son please?”

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In The King James Version

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

In Context

23Jacob slept with Rachel and she had a son. Rachel said after he was born, “Now God has taken away my shame.”

25A little bit later, after Joseph was born, Jacob said to Laban, “I have worked hard for you for 14 years. I have paid for my wives and so, please let me take them and my children to live back in my own country. That is where my home is.”

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24Rachel had 2 sons with Jacob and their names were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 42:6Joseph was the boss over all of Egypt and if anyone wanted to buy food, they had to speak to him. And so, Joseph's brothers went to him and bowed down with their faces on the ground in front of him.

Genesis 49:22Joseph is like a grapevine that grows a lot of fruit. That strong vine gets its water from a spring, and its branches grow over the wall.

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 →

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