Genesis 30:24
and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, 'Jehovah is adding to me another son.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, 'God hath gathered up my reproach;'
Cross References
Genesis 35:24Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 37:4and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.
Genesis 42:6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him — face to the earth.
Genesis 49:22Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
Ezekiel 37:16'And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions,
Hebrews 11:21by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
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 →