Genesis 30:23
So she conceived and bare a son,—and said, God hath taken away my reproach;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
In Context
22Then God remembered Rachel,—and God hearkened unto her, and granted her to bear.
24So she called his name Joseph, saying, Yahweh is adding unto me another son.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:5and, unto Hannah, used he to give one portion,—howbeit, Hannah, he loved, although, Yahweh, had restrained her from having children.
Luke 1:21And the people were expecting Zachariah, and began to marvel that he should tarry in the Temple;
Luke 1:27unto a virgin, betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and, the name of the virgin, 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 →