Genesis 30:23
She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
World English 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, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
24She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:5but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.
Luke 1:21The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
Luke 1:27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. 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 →