Genesis 30:23

23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

Genesis 30:23 in Other Translations

23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

23 She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.

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

23 She conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my shame."

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 Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.

23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

24 She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 6; S Genesis 29:32
• 2. Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 54:4; Luke 1:25