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Genesis 30:23

Genesis 30:23
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Give me my wives,.... His two wives, Leah and Rachel, and the two maids, Bilhah and Zilpah, which he had given him for wives also; he desires leave not to have them, but to take them away with him:…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 30:1-43

- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān, Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y, Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād, Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād, “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād, “victory…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 30:14-24

Here is, I. Leah fruitful again, after she had, for some time, left off bearing. Jacob, it should seem, associated more with Rachel than with Leah. The law of Moses supposes it a common case that, if…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

God hath taken away The Hebrew for "hath taken away" (âsaph) is clearly regarded as one etymology of the name Joseph.

my reproach See note on Gen 30:30. Cf. Isa 4:1, "Take thou away our reproach"; Luk…

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