Genesis 30:23
She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”
Open English Bible (US)
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 and heard her prayer and gave her a child.
24She called his name Joseph, saying, “the Lord will add to me another son.”
Cross References
Luke 1:21Meanwhile the people were watching for Zechariah, wondering at his remaining so long in the Temple.
Luke 1:27to a maiden there who was engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her 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 →