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She conceivedוַתַּהַרand boreוַתֵּלֶדa son,בֵּןand said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas taken awayאָסַףmy disgrace.”אֶת חֶרְפָּתִי
Genesis 30:23
Study it in the app“She conceived and bore a son, and said, “Elohim has taken away my disgrace.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:23, word by word
- She conceivedתַּהַרtahar
conceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “tahar” appears- and boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has taken awayאָסַףasaf
withdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “asaf” appears- my disgraceחֶרְפָּתִcherpati
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpati” appears
The context
22Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim heard her and opened her womb.
23 · This verse (above)
24She called his name Joseph, saying, “May YHWH add to me another son.”
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?