^30:22Then God took note of⁴⁴ Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.⁴⁵^30:23She became pregnant⁴⁶ and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”⁴⁷^30:24She named him Joseph,⁴⁸ saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

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Footnotes

44 Heb “remembered.”
45 Heb “and God listened to her and opened up her womb.” Since “God” is the subject of the previous clause, the noun has been replaced by the pronoun “he” in the translation for stylistic reasons
46 Or “conceived.”
47 Heb “my reproach.” A “reproach” is a cutting taunt or painful ridicule, but here it probably refers by metonymy to Rachel’s barren condition, which was considered shameful in this culture and was the reason why she was the object of taunting and ridicule.
48 The name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yoseph) means “may he add.” The name expresses Rachel’s desire to have an additional son. In Hebrew the name sounds like the verb (אָסַף, ’asasf) translated “taken away” in the earlier statement made in v. 23. So the name, while reflecting Rachel’s hope, was also a reminder that God had removed her shame.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” She named him Joseph, and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and she said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” She named him Joseph and said, “May the Lord add another son to me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then God remembered Rachel’s plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have children. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said. And she named him Joseph, for she said, “May the Lord add yet another son to my family.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then God remembered Rachel and listened to her, and God opened her womb. And she conceived and gave birth to a son. And she said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” And she called his name Joseph, saying, “Yahweh has added to me another son.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

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