Genesis 30:23
She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
In Context
22God remembered Rachel [Ewe sheep], and God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· to her, and opened her womb.
24She named him Joseph [May he add], saying, “May Adonai add another son to me.”
Cross References
Luke 1:21The people were waiting for Zacharias [Remembered by Yah], and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
Luke 1:27+ 1:27 (+30-31) MP: A virgin female will conceive and bear a son, (combined with Gen 3:15, seed of a woman). (Is 7:14a) Note on textual variations: Why a virgin female as compared to young female? In the Hebrew Masoretic text, the prophecy in Isaiah uses the Hebrew word almah [a woman of marriageable age] whereas the verse in Matthew uses the Greek word parthenos [a pure virgin or woman of marriageable age]. However the translators of the Greek Septuagint, which is older than any existing Hebrew text, used parthenos in their translation of the verse in Isaiah. Therefore the translators understood the verse in Isaiah as referring to a literal virgin birth. to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph [May he add], of David [Beloved]’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary [Rebellion].
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 →