Genesis 30:24
22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
23 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
25 Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
26 Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
- KJV
- And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
- WEB
- She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”
- ASV
- and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.
- DARBY
- And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.
- BLB
- And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May YHWH add to me another son.”
- ÅB
- Og hun kalte ham Josef[^9] og sa: Herren gi meg enda en sønn!
- OTB
- Hun kalte ham Josef, og sa: "Måtte Herren gi meg en sønn til."
- B1930
- Og hun kalte ham Josef og sa: Herren gi mig ennu en sønn! / < han legger til.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Read in contextGenesis 49:22–26
Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
Read in contextGenesis 37:2
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
Read in contextRevelation 7:8
from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Read in contextHebrews 11:21–22
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:13–17
Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
Read in contextGenesis 35:17–18
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
Read in contextGenesis 39:1–23
Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
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