Genesis 30:23
And she conceived, and bore ben; and said, Elohim hath taken away my cherpah (shame, disgrace, reproach);
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
In Context
22And Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim paid heed to her, and opened her rekhem (womb).
24And she called shmo Yosef; and said, yosef (may He add), may Hashem add me ben acher (another son).
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:5But unto Channah he gave a double portion; for he loved Channah; but Hashem had shut up her womb.
Luke 1:21And the people were expecting Zecharyah and they were bewildered at his delay in the Beis HaMikdash.
Luke 1:27To a betulah (virgin) given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to an ish from the Beis Dovid named Yosef, + 1:27 ben Dovid and the shem of the almah was Miryam.
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 →