22 ¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God heard her, [a]and opened her womb.

23 So she conceived and bare a son, and said, God hath taken away my [b]rebuke.

24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord will give me yet another son.

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  1. Genesis 30:22 Or, made her fruitful.
  2. Genesis 30:23 Because fruitfulness came of God’s blessing, who said Increase and multiply: barrenness was counted as a curse.

22 Then God remembered Rachel;(A) he listened to her(B) and enabled her to conceive.(C) 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(D) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(E) 24 She named him Joseph,[a](F) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(G)

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  1. Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.