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Genesis · Chapter 30

Genesis 30:24

She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”

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Before · Genesis 30:22–23

22God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. 23She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

24She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”

After · Genesis 30:25–26

25When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. 26Give 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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  • FootnoteJoseph means “may he add”.

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