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He listened to her and opened her womb,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then God remembered [the prayers of] Rachel, and God thought of her and opened her womb [so that she would conceive].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel. God answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and made her fertile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and rendered her fruitful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God will remember Rachel, and God will listen to her, and he will open her womb.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and made her fruitful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And God remembered Rakhyl, and God heard her and opened her womb.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/30-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7353" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/30.htm">The Birth of Joseph</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Then God</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: way·yiz·kōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remembered</a> <a href="/hebrew/7354.htm" title="7354: rā·ḥêl (N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Jacob. The same as rachel; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.">Rachel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: way·yiš·ma‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listened</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- To, into, towards. ">to her</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: way·yip̄·taḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">and opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7358.htm" title="7358: raḥ·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Womb. From racham; the womb.">her womb,</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">1 Samuel 1:19-20</a></span><br />The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. / So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Genesis 21:1-2</a></span><br />Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. / So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31</a></span><br />When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/113-9.htm">Psalm 113:9</a></span><br />He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-13.htm">Luke 1:13</a></span><br />But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-24.htm">Luke 1:24-25</a></span><br />After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared, / “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Genesis 25:21</a></span><br />Later, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-21.htm">1 Samuel 2:21</a></span><br />So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></span><br />“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-36.htm">Luke 1:36-37</a></span><br />Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month. / For no word from God will ever fail.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-1.htm">Genesis 16:1-2</a></span><br />Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. / So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-10.htm">Genesis 18:10</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a></span><br />But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a></span><br />So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3</a></span><br />Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.</p><p class="hdg">remembered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a></b></br> And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that <i>was</i> with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Genesis 21:1</a></b></br> And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31</a></b></br> And when the LORD saw that Leah <i>was</i> hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel <i>was</i> barren.</p><p class="hdg">opened.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-2.htm">Genesis 30:2</a></b></br> And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, <i>Am</i> I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Genesis 21:1,2</a></b></br> And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Genesis 25:21</a></b></br> And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she <i>was</i> barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/27-39.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/genesis/29-13.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Hearkeneth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/genesis/30-15.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Remembereth</a> <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Rendered</a> <a href="/genesis/28-16.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/genesis/30-2.htm">Womb</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/genesis/37-17.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/genesis/34-24.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/exodus/18-24.htm">Hearkeneth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-24.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/genesis/41-56.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/41-56.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/genesis/30-25.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/40-14.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Remembereth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-26.htm">Rendered</a> <a href="/genesis/31-31.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/genesis/38-27.htm">Womb</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-14.htm">Reuben finds mandrakes, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-15.htm">with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">Rachel bears Joseph.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-25.htm">Jacob desires to depart.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-27.htm">Laban detains him on a new agreement.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then God remembered Rachel.</b><br>This phrase signifies a turning point in Rachel's life, highlighting God's intervention in her circumstances. The concept of God "remembering" is a recurring theme in the Bible, often indicating a divine action following a period of waiting or suffering. In <a href="/genesis/8.htm">Genesis 8:1</a>, God "remembered" Noah, leading to the receding of the floodwaters. Similarly, in <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a>, God "remembered" His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, leading to the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. Rachel's barrenness was a significant source of distress, as bearing children was crucial for a woman's status and security in ancient Near Eastern culture. God's remembrance here is an act of grace and fulfillment of His promises, reflecting His faithfulness and compassion.<p><b>He listened to her</b><br>This phrase underscores the importance of prayer and God's responsiveness to human petitions. Rachel's plea for children is a central theme in her narrative, and this moment marks the divine response to her cries. The Bible frequently emphasizes God's attentiveness to the prayers of His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/34-15.htm">Psalm 34:15</a>, which states, "The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their cry." Rachel's experience is a testament to the power of persistent prayer and God's willingness to intervene in the lives of those who seek Him earnestly.<p><b>and opened her womb,</b><br>The opening of Rachel's womb is a direct act of God, highlighting His sovereignty over life and fertility. In the biblical context, fertility was often seen as a blessing from God, while barrenness was viewed as a misfortune or even a curse. The opening of the womb is a motif found throughout Scripture, as seen in the stories of Sarah (<a href="/genesis/21.htm">Genesis 21:1-2</a>), Hannah (<a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">1 Samuel 1:19-20</a>), and Elizabeth (<a href="/luke/1-24.htm">Luke 1:24-25</a>). Each of these women experienced divine intervention that led to the birth of significant figures in biblical history. Rachel's son, Joseph, would go on to play a crucial role in the history of Israel, serving as a type of Christ in his suffering, exaltation, and role as a savior of his people. This phrase emphasizes God's control over human circumstances and His ability to bring about His purposes through miraculous means.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rachel.htm">Rachel</a></b><br>The beloved wife of Jacob, who had been barren for many years. Her struggle with infertility is a central theme in her account.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch who loved Rachel deeply and worked many years to marry her. He is the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign deity who hears and responds to the prayers and needs of His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/o/opening_of_the_womb.htm">Opening of the Womb</a></b><br>A significant event where God intervenes in Rachel's life, allowing her to conceive and bear children.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_timing_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Timing and Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's remembrance of Rachel underscores His perfect timing and sovereign control over life's circumstances. Trusting in His timing is crucial, even when waiting is difficult.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Rachel's account illustrates the importance of persistent prayer. God listens to the cries of His people, and prayer can lead to divine intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Compassion and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite Rachel's long period of barrenness, God shows compassion and faithfulness by fulfilling her desire for children. This reflects His character as a loving and faithful God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_trials.htm">The Role of Faith in Trials</a></b><br>Rachel's journey encourages believers to maintain faith during trials. Her eventual blessing serves as a reminder that God is attentive to our struggles.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_rachel_conceive_in_genesis_30.htm">In Genesis 30:22–24, why does Rachel’s miraculous conception coincide with this specific moment, and is there any historical evidence for such events? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_joseph_imprisoned_in_egypt.htm">Why was Joseph imprisoned in Egypt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/genesis_30__align_or_conflict_with_god's_role.htm">How do these events in Genesis 30 align or conflict with other biblical texts that describe God’s involvement in fertility and inheritance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_joseph_rise_to_power_in_egypt.htm">How did Joseph rise to power in Egypt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22-24) <span class= "bld">God remembered Rachel.</span>--Rachel's long barrenness had probably humbled and disciplined her; and, cured of her former petulance, she trusts no longer to "love-apples," but looks to God for the great blessing of children. He hearkens to her prayer, and remembers her. (Comp. <a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm" title="And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.">1Samuel 1:19</a>.) In calling his name Joseph, there is again a play upon two words, for it may be formed from the verb used in <a href="/genesis/30-23.htm" title="And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach:">Genesis 30:23</a>, and would then mean <span class= "ital">he takes away; </span>or it may signify <span class= "ital">he adds, </span>which is the meaning made prominent by Rachel. And God did add to her another son, but the boon cost her her life. As Joseph was born six or seven years before Jacob left Padan-aram, Rachel had been barren for twenty-six years. We must add that in her joy at Joseph's birth there is no trace of the ungenerous triumph over Leah so marked in her rejoicing at the birth of the sons of Bilhah; and in her trust that "Jehovah would add to her another son," she evidently had in mind the covenant promises, which a son of her own womb might now inherit. As a matter of fact, the long struggle for supremacy lay between the houses of Joseph and Judah; and Judah finally prevailed.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 22-24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And God remembered Rachel</span> (cf. <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">1 Samuel 1:19</a>), <span class="cmt_word">and God hearkened to her</span>, - as to Leah (ver. 17) - <span class="cmt_word">and opened her womb</span> - as he had previously done to Leah (<a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31</a>). Rachel's barrenness had not continued so long as either Sarah's or Rebekah's. <span class="cmt_word">And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach</span> - i.e. of sterility. The mandrakes of Leah having proved inefficacious, Rachel at length realizes that children are God s gift, and this thought sufficiently explains the use of the term Elohim. <span class="cmt_word">And she called his name Joseph;</span> - <span class="hebrew">יוסֵפ</span>, either, "he takes away," with allusion to the removal of her reproach, or, "he shall add," with reference to her hope of another son. Perhaps the first thought is not obscurely hinted at, though the second appears' from the ensuing clause to have occupied the greater prominence in Rachel's mind - <span class="cmt_word">and said, The Lord</span> - Jehovah; a trace of the Jehovistic pen (Tuch, Bleek, <span class="accented">et alii</span>); rather an outcome of the higher spiritual life of Rachel, who had now got emancipated from all such merely human devices as resorting to mandrakes, and was able to recognize her complete dependence for offspring on the sovereign grace of the covenant God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob (Hengstenberg, Keil) - <span class="cmt_word">shall add to me another son.</span> <p> CHAPTER 30:25-43 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/30-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remembered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·kōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Rachel.</span><br /><span class="heb">רָחֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(rā·ḥêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7354.htm">Strong's 7354: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rachel -- a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·ma‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her and opened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·taḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her womb,</span><br /><span class="heb">רַחְמָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(raḥ·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7358.htm">Strong's 7358: </a> </span><span class="str2">The womb </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">OT Law: Genesis 30:22 God remembered Rachel and God listened (Gen. 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