Genesis 30:23

23 And she conceived and gave birth to a son. And she said, "God has taken away my disgrace."

Genesis 30:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:23

And she conceived and bare a son
Through the goodness of God unto her, and for which she was greatly thankful; and said, God hath taken away my reproach;
the reproach of barrenness with which she was reproached among her neighbours; and perhaps by her sister Leah, and indeed it was a general reproach in those times; and especially, it was the more grievous to good women in the family of Abraham, because they were not the means of multiplying his seed according to the promise, and could have no hope of the Messiah springing from them.

Genesis 30:23 In-Context

21 And afterward she gave birth to a daughter. And she called her name Dinah.

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

23 And she conceived and gave birth to a son. And she said, "God has taken away my disgrace."

24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, "Yahweh has added to me another son."

25 And it happened [that] as soon as Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away that I may go to my place and my land.