Genesis 30:24
She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me an additional son.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
In Context
23She became pregnant and had a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 37:4When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Genesis 42:6Joseph was the governor of the country and he sold grain to all the people there. So Joseph's brothers went to him, and bowed low before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 49:22Joseph is a fruitful tree, a fruitful tree beside a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.
Ezekiel 37:16“Son of man, get one piece of wood and write on it: ‘This belongs to Judah and the Israelite tribes allied to them.’ Then get another piece of wood and write on it: ‘This belongs to Joseph. This is Ephraim's piece of wood, and to the Israelite tribes allied to them.’
Hebrews 11:21Trusting in God, Jacob as he was dying blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped God, leaning on his staff.
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 →