Genesis 30:22

22 Then God 1remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and 2opened her womb.

Genesis 30:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:22

And God remembered Rachel
In a way of mercy and kindness, whom he seemed to have forgotten, by not giving her children: and God hearkened to her;
to her prayer, which had been made time after time, that she might have children; but hitherto God had delayed to answer, but now gives one: and opened her womb;
gave her conception, and made her fruitful, and she became the mother of a child she so much desired.

Genesis 30:22 In-Context

20 Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun.
21 Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
23 She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!"

Cross References 2

  • 1. See Genesis 8:1
  • 2. Genesis 29:31; [Psalms 127:3]
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