Genesis 30 · Verse 23

Genesis 30:23

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Genesis 30:23, King James Version

Genesis 30:23 in other translations

BSBand she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
WEBShe conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
ASVAnd she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
YLTand she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, ‘God hath gathered up my reproach;'
DARBYAnd she conceived, and bore a son, and said,God has taken away my reproach.
BBEAnd she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.
WebsterAnd she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

What does Genesis 30:23 mean?

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 30:23 in the original Hebrew

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וַתַּ֖הַרva.Ta.harand she conceivedH2029
וַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205
בֵּ֑ןBena sonH1121
וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
אָסַ֥ף'a.Safhe has removedH622
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חֶרְפָּתִֽי\׃cher.pa.Tireproach myH2781

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 30:23

  • Luke 1:25

    Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

  • Genesis 29:31

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

  • Luke 1:27

    To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

  • 1 Samuel 1:5-6

    But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

  • Isaiah 4:1

    And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

  • Luke 1:21

    And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
"Be fruitful and multiply," was the blessing of God: barrenness therefore was reckoned a reproach. The intense desire of having children, observable among the Jewish women, arose not only from this reproach of barrenness, but from the hope of being the mother of the promised seed, and Him in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed.
29:31; 1Sa 1:5,6; Isa 4:1; Lu 1:21,25,27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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:

  • Genesis 30:24

    And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

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Genesis 30:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y concibió, y parió un hijo: y dijo: Quitado ha Dios mi afrenta:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle conçut, et enfanta un fils, et dit: Dieu a ôté mon opprobre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie ward schwanger und gebar einen Sohn; und sie sprach: Gott hat meine Schmach weggenommen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quæ concepit, et peperit filium, dicens: Abstulit Deus opprobrium meum.