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Genesis 30:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” "
Genesis 30:23
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21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”
25 When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
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Genesis 30:1
"When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”"
Genesis 30:2
"Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”"
Genesis 30:3
"She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”"
Genesis 30:4
"She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her."
Genesis 30:5
"Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son."
Genesis 30:6
"Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan."
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