Genesis 30:23

23 She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation."

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 Last of all she had a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb.
23 She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation."
24 She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
25 After Rachel had had Joseph, Jacob spoke to Laban, "Let me go back home.
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