Genesis 30:24
And she called shmo Yosef; and said, yosef (may He add), may Hashem add me ben acher (another son).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The Bnei Rachel: Yosef, and Binyamin;
Genesis 37:4And when his achim saw that Avihem loved him more than all his achim, they hated him, and could not speak with shalom unto him.
Genesis 42:6And Yosef was the Shalit Al HaAretz, and he it was that sold to kol Am HaAretz: and Achei Yosef came, and prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 49:22Yosef is a ben of a fruit-tree, 1 even ben of a fruit-tree near an ayin (spring, well); 1 its daughters (i.e., branches) run over the wall; 1
Ezekiel 37:16Moreover, thou ben adam, take thee Etz Echad, and write upon it, For Yehudah, and for the Bnei Yisroel his chaverim; then take another Etz Echad, and write upon it, For Yosef, the Etz Ephrayim and for kol Bais Yisroel his chaverim;
Hebrews 11:21By Emunah Ya'akov, as he was dying, gave a bracha to each of the banim of Yosef and V'YISHTAKHU YISROEL + 11:21 Gn 47:31 (And Yisroel worshiped).
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 →