Genesis 30:23
She conceived and bore a son. She said, “God has taken away my shame.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
In Context
22God called Rachel to mind and listened to her. He caused her to become pregnant.
24She called his name Joseph, saying, “Yahweh has added to me another son.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he always gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although Yahweh had closed her womb.
Luke 1:21Now the people were waiting for Zechariah. They were surprised that he was spending so much time in the temple.
Luke 1:27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph. He belonged to the house of David, and the virgin's 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 →