Genesis 30:23
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
In Context
22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
24She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
Luke 1:21Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
Luke 1:27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
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 →