Genesis 30:24
And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me another son.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
In Context
23And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'
Cross References
Genesis 35:24the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
Genesis 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 49:22Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.
Ezekiel 37:16'And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick, and write upon it: For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel his companions;
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 →