Genesis 30:24
in Genesis 30She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
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ASV
and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.
KJV
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
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This verse in Genesis 30
Commentary
3 notes on this verseShe called his name Joseph - יוסף Yoseph, adding, or he who adds; thereby prophetically declaring that God would add unto her another son, which was accomplished in the birth of Benjamin, Gen 35:18.
This site's exposition
She named him Joseph
Joseph carries the sense of he adds, and she asks for another son while naming this one. The request is granted at 35:17 and 18, and Rachel dies bearing Benjamin. Joseph is the eleventh son born, and 1 Chronicles 5:1 and 2 give him the birthright Reuben lost.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And she called his name Joseph,....
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּקְרָ֧א | vatikra' | and she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמ֛וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יוֹסֵ֖ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יֹסֵ֧ף | yosef | may he add | H3254 → | 212 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לִ֖י | li | to <the> me | ||
| בֵּ֥ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַחֵֽר׃ | ʾacher | another | H312 → | 166 times |
וַתִּקְרָ֧אand she called
vatikra'H7121 →733 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁמ֛וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
יוֹסֵ֖ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
יֹסֵ֧ףmay he add
yosefH3254 →212 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לִ֖יto <the> me
li
בֵּ֥ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
אַחֵֽר׃another
ʾacherH312 →166 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
Genesis 37:2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father…
it leads to
- Genesis 35:25–26
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- 1 Samuel 2:22–24
Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of…
- 1 Corinthians 11:18
First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
- Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 35:25–26
Through
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
it leads to
- Genesis 30:22–24
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Genesis 46:19–22
The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:16–18
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- Genesis 30:22–24
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
