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Genesis 30:22-23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 30 · verses 22–23
22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:Genesis 30:22-23 · King James Version
Genesis 30:22-23 in context
20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
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- rememberedzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- hearkenedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- conceivedhârâhto be pregnant, conceiveH2029 →
- RachelRâchêlRachel, a wife of JacobH7354 →
- openedpâthachto open wideH6605 →
- bareyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- awayʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
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Here is, I. Leah fruitful again, after she had, for some time, left off bearing. Jacob, it should seem, associated more with Rachel than with Leah. The law of Moses supposes it a common case that, if a man had two wives, one would be beloved and the other hated, Deu 21:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-24