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

• 1. 30:22 See ch. 8:1
• 2. 30:22 ch. 29:31; [Ps. 127:3]