Genesis 30:22

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened 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 And Leah said, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun [that is, Dwelling].

21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah [that is, Judgment].

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.

23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, "God hath taken away my reproach."

24 And she called his name Joseph [that is, Adding], and said, "The LORD shall add to me another son."