Genesis 30:24
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 37:4And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.
Genesis 49:22Joseph is a son increased; 1 My dearly loved son is increased; 1 My youngest son, 1 Turn to me. 1
Ezekiel 37:16Son of man, take for thyself a rod, and write upon it, Judah, and the children of Israel his adherents; and thou shalt take for thyself another rod, and thou shalt inscribe it for Joseph, the rod of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel that belong to him.
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 →