Genesis 30:23

And she conceived, and childed a son, and said, God hath (now) taken away my shame;

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In The King James Version

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

In Context

22Also the Lord had mind on Rachel, and he heard her, and opened her womb. (And the Lord remembered Rachel, and he heard her prayers and pleadings, and opened her womb.)

24and she called his name Joseph, and said, The Lord give to me another son. (and she said, May the Lord give me another son or The Lord hath given me another son, and she named him Joseph.)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:5forsooth he gave sorrowfully one part, either double, to Hannah, for he loved Hannah; forsooth the Lord had closed her womb. (and sorrowfully he gave only one special portion to Hannah; for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed up her womb.)

Luke 1:21And the people was abiding Zacharias (or And the people were waiting for Zechariah), and they wondered, (why) that he tarried (so) in the temple.

Luke 1:27to a maiden [or to a virgin], wedded to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the maiden 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 →

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