²²Then God remembered Rachel;^g he listened to her^h and enabled her to conceive.ⁱ ²³She became pregnant and gave birth to a son^j and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”^k ²⁴She named him Joseph,^h^l and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”^m

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Footnotes

hJoseph means may he add.

Cross references

gSee Ge 8:1
hSee Ge 25:21
iSee Ge 11:30
jSee ver 6; See Ge 29:32
k Isa 4:1; 25:8; 45:17; 54:4; Lk 1:25
lSee Ge 29:6; 32:22; 33:2, 7; 35:24; 37:2; 39:1; 49:22–26; Dt 33:13
m Ge 35:17; 1 Sa 4:20

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!”

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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