Genesis 30:24
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 And 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.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
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; Joseph, and Benjamin:
Read in contextGenesis 49:22–26
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Read in contextGenesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Read in contextRevelation 7:8
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Read in contextHebrews 11:21–22
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:13–17
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Read in contextGenesis 35:17–18
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Read in contextGenesis 39:1–23
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
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