Genesis 30:22
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
In Context
21Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Cross References
Genesis 8:1But God ◄did not forget/thought► about Noah and all the wild animals and all the kinds of livestock that were with him in the boat. So one day God sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the wind caused the water to begin to recede.
Genesis 25:21Almost 20 years after they were married, Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac prayed to Yahweh concerning his wife, and Yahweh answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “◄I am not God!/Am I God?► [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
Psalms 105:42He did that because he kept thinking about the sacred promise that he had given to his servant, Abraham.
Psalms 127:3Children are a gift that comes to parents from Yahweh; they are a reward/blessing from 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 →