Genesis 30 · Verse 22

Genesis 30:22

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Genesis 30:22, King James Version

Genesis 30:22 in other translations

BSBThen God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
WEBGod remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
ASVAnd God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
YLTAnd God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,
DARBYAnd God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
BBEThen God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
WebsterAnd God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and rendered her fruitful.

What does Genesis 30:22 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 And 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:14-24

The desire, good in itself, but often too great and irregular, of being the mother of the promised Seed, with the honour of having many children, and the reproach of being barren, were causes of this unbecoming contest between the sisters. The truth appears to be, that they were influenced by the promises of God to Abraham; whose posterity were promised the richest blessings, and from whom the Messiah was to descend.

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Genesis 30:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּזְכֹּ֥רvai.yiz.Korand he rememberedH2142
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רָחֵ֑לra.ChelRachelH7354
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'and he listenedH8085
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙'e.Lei.hato herH413
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וַיִּפְתַּ֖חvai.yif.Tachand he openedH6605
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רַחְמָֽהּ\׃rach.Mahwomb herH7358

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Cross references for Genesis 30:22

  • Genesis 29:31

    And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • Psalms 113:9

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

  • 1 Samuel 1:19-20

    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. Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

  • Genesis 25:21

    And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  • Psalms 127:3

    Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

  • Genesis 8:1

    And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

  • Genesis 21:1-2

    And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Genesis 30:2

    And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

  • Psalms 105:42

    For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
remembered.
8:1; 21:1; 29:31; 1Sa 1:19,20; Ps 105:42
opened.
2; 21:1,2; 25:21; 29:31; Ps 113:9; 127:3

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Context

  • Genesis 30:21

    And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

  • Genesis 30:22

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

  • Genesis 30:23

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

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Genesis 30:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y acordóse Dios de Rachêl, y oyóla Dios, y abrió su matriz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Dieu se souvint de Rachel; et Dieu l’écouta et ouvrit sa matrice.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gott gedachte an Rahel, und Gott hörte auf sie und öffnete ihren Mutterleib.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Recordatus quoque Dominus Rachelis, exaudivit eam, et aperuit vulvam ejus.