She named him Joseph,† saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 30:24 in context
Genesis 30:21–27
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Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
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God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
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She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
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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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Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
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Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”
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- Joseph means “may he add”.
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