Genesis 30:22
in Genesis 30Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
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ASV
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
KJV
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
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This verse in Genesis 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd God hearkened to her - After the severe reproof which Rachel had received from her husband, Gen 30:2, it appears that she sought God by prayer, and that he heard her; so that her prayer and faith obtained what her impatience and unbelief had prevented.
This site's exposition
God remembered Rachel
on Genesis 30:22-23
God remembered Rachel, the same phrase Genesis uses of Noah at 8:1 when the waters went down. It marks God acting on a promise. The words open the exodus too, where God remembers His covenant and hears the groaning in Egypt. Rachel calls the birth the taking away of her shame.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the L ORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:97%@v28-30
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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר | vaiyizkor | and he remembered | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָחֵ֑ל | rachel | Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע | vaiyishma' | and he listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ʾeleiha | to her | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח | vaiyiftach | and he opened | H6605 → | 144 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רַחְמָֽהּ׃ | rachmah | womb her | H7358 → | 26 times |
וַיִּזְכֹּ֥רand he remembered
vaiyizkorH2142 →230 times
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רָחֵ֑לRachel
rachelH7354 →47 times
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עand he listened
vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙to her
ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times
אֱלֹהִ֔יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
וַיִּפְתַּ֖חand he opened
vaiyiftachH6605 →144 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רַחְמָֽהּ׃womb her
rachmahH7358 →26 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
it leads to
- Psalms 128:3–4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Deuteronomy 28:4
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- 1 Samuel 1:27
I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- Genesis 48:4
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Isaiah 8:18
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- Psalms 128:3–4
Through
Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
it leads to
- Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
- 2 Chronicles 33:13
And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
- Isaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and…
- Ezra 8:23
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.