Genesis 30:22-24
Good News Translation
22 Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has taken away my disgrace by giving me a son. 24 May the Lord give me another son”; so she named him Joseph.[a]
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- Genesis 30:24 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “may he give another” and “he has taken away.”
Genesis 30:22-24
New International Version
22 Then God remembered Rachel;(A) he listened to her(B) and enabled her to conceive.(C) 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(D) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(E) 24 She named him Joseph,[a](F) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.
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