She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
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She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
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And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
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And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Genesis 30:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 1:25 “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
- Genesis 29:31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
- Luke 1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.
- 1 Samuel 1:5-6 but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb. Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
- Isaiah 4:1 Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
- Luke 1:21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Because fruitfulness came of God’s blessing, who said Increase…
Because fruitfulness came of God’s blessing, who said Increase and multiply: barrenness was counted as a curse.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son;…
Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Ver. 23. God hath taken away my reproach.] That is, her barrenness, - with which she was often upbraided, - when now she was sufficiently humbled; besides that her children, as the rest of those women that were long barren, are noted to have been the best, and most gracious; as Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Samuel, the Baptist, &c. A child of many prayers cannot lightly miscarry, as he {a} told Monica.
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{a} Ambrose.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Barrenness was then accounted a great reproach, especially in…
Barrenness was then accounted a great reproach, especially in that race, because it was a kind of curse, whereby such persons were excluded both from the first and general blessing of fructification given to all mankind, Gen 1:28; and from the special blessing given to Abraham for the multiplication of his seed; and from all hopes of being the progenitors of the blessed Messias.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Give me my wives,.... His two wives, Leah and…
Give me my wives,.... His two wives, Leah and Rachel, and the two maids, Bilhah and Zilpah, which he had given him for wives also; he desires leave not to have them, but to take them away with him:
and my children; his twelve children; he did not desire his father-in- law to take any of them, and keep them for him, but was desirous of having them with him: no doubt, for the sake of their education, though he had nothing of his own wherewith to support them; not doubting that God would make good his promise in giving him food and raiment, and returning him to his country; and which his faith applied to his family as well as to himself:
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for whom I have served thee; not for his children, but for his wives, his two wives:
and let me go; free from thy service, and to my own country:
for thou knowest my service which I have done thee: how much and great it is, and with what diligence and faithfulness it has been performed, and that the time of it fixed and agreed upon was at an end.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. My reproach — She has now no words…
23. My reproach — She has now no words of envy or triumph towards her sister, but a humble acknowledgment of her previous pitiable condition among women.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. God hath taken away] The Hebrew for “hath…
23. God hath taken away] The Hebrew for “hath taken away” (âsaph) is clearly regarded as one etymology of the name Joseph.
my reproach] See note on Gen_30:1. Cf. Isa_4:1, “Take thou away our reproach”; Luk_1:25, “to take away my reproach among men.”
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