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Whenוַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁרRachelרָחֵלhad borneיָלְדָהJoseph,אֶת יוֹסֵףJacobיַעֲקֹבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Laban,אֶל לָבָן“Send me away,שַׁלְּחֵנִיso that I may goוְאֵלְכָהto my own placeאֶל מְקוֹמִיand to my land.וּלְאַרְצִי
Genesis 30:25
Study it in the app“When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so that I may go to my own place and to my land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:25, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Rachelרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- had borneיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- “Send me awayשַׁלְּחֵshalche
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalche” appears- so that I may goאֵלְכָהelcha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elcha” appears- to my own placeמְקוֹמִmekomi
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomi” appears- and to my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears
The context
24She called his name Joseph, saying, “May YHWH add to me another son.”
25 · This verse (above)
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.”
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?