Genesis 30:22
And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
In Context
21and afterward she has borne a daughter, and calls her name Dinah.
23and she conceives and bears a son, and says, “God has gathered up my reproach”;
Cross References
Genesis 8:1And God remembers Noah, and every living thing, and all the livestock which [are] with him in the Ark, and God causes a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,
Genesis 25:21And Isaac makes plea to YHWH before his wife, for she [is] barren: and YHWH accepts his plea, and his wife Rebekah conceives,
Genesis 30:2And Jacob’s anger burns against Rachel, and he says, “Am I in stead of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Psalms 105:42For He has remembered His holy word, || With His servant Abraham,
Psalms 127:3Behold, sons [are] an inheritance of YHWH, || The fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
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 →