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Genesis 30:24

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30:24She named him Joseph,48 saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

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  1. 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

And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She named him Joseph and said, “May the Lord add another son to me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

And she named him Joseph, for she said, “May the Lord add yet another son to my family.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And she called his name Joseph, saying, “Yahweh has added to me another son.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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