Genesis 30:24

and 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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In The King James Version

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

In Context

23And she conceived, and childed a son, and said, God hath (now) taken away my shame;

25Soothly when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his wife’s father, Deliver thou me, that I turn again to my country, and to my land. (And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his wife’s father, Let me go, so that I can return to my country, and my land.)

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24the sons of Rachel were Joseph, and Benjamin;

Genesis 37:4Forsooth his brethren saw that he was loved of the father more than all they, and they hated him, and might not speak anything peaceably to him. (And his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved any of them, and so they hated him, and would not say a kind word to him.)

Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the prince of Egypt, and at his will wheats were sold to [the] peoples. And when his brethren had worshipped him, (And Joseph was the prince, or the ruler, of Egypt, and at his will corn, or grain, was sold to people from all the lands. And so when his brothers had bowed before him,)

Genesis 49:22Joseph, a son increasing, (yea), a son increasing, and fair in beholding; [the] daughters run about on the wall (or his branches climb up over the wall),

Ezekiel 37:16And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write thou on it, To Judah, and to the sons of Israel, and to his fellows. And take thou another stick, and write on it, Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel, and of his fellows. (And thou, son of man, get thyself a stick, and write thou on it, For Judah, and for the Israelites, his fellow citizens. And get thou another stick, and write on it, Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his fellow citizens.)

Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob dying blessed all the sons of Joseph, and honoured the highness of his staff [or the highness of his rod].

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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