“ And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: ”
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād , “in victory or”...
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my (g) reproach: (g) Because fruitfulness came as God's blessing, who said "Increase and multiply", barrenness was counted as a curse...
Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ; Genesis 30:9-13 is from J, Genesis 30:1-6 ; G...
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25 . Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength...
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is...
In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people liv...
Sweet thought suggested in this verse, to the gracious soul! Our everlasting home calls for our regard and our best affections. Here we are at the best but strangers and sojourners. Micah 2:10 .
And she conceived and bare a son ,.... Through the goodness of God unto her, and for which she was greatly thankful; and said, God hath taken away my reproach ; the reproach of barrenness with whi...
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...
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's w...
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrake...
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...
‘And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” And she called his name Joseph (yoseph), saying,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:23 . My reproach.] That is, the reproach of my barrenness. (See Luke 1:25 ; 1 Samuel 1:6 ; Isaiah 4:1 , Isaiah 4:1 .)— Genesis 30:24 . Joseph .] “Adding,” or, “...
Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his ow...
And God remembered Rachel God’s favour towards Rachel I. IT WAS LONG DELAYER. Discipline. II. IT WAS GRANTED TO HER AFTER SOME SOLEMN LESSONS HAD BEEN LEARNED. 1. Dependence. 2. Patien...
EXPOSITION Genesis 30:14 And Reuben (at this time four or five years old) went (probably accompanying the reapers) in the days of wheat harvest , and found mandrakes —דּוּדָאים, μῆλα...
The Birth of Joseph
Genesis 29:31 1 Samuel 1:5 1 Samuel 1:6 Isaiah 4:1 Luke 1:21 Luke 1:25 Luke 1:27