Parallel Verses
Amplified
She named him Joseph (may He add) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”
New American Standard Bible
She named him Joseph, saying, “
King James Version
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Holman Bible
She named him Joseph:
International Standard Version
Because she had been asking, "May God give me another son," she named him Joseph.
A Conservative Version
And she called his name Joseph, saying, LORD adds another son to me.
American Standard Version
and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.
Bible in Basic English
And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.
Darby Translation
And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will call his name Joseph, saying, God will add to me another son.
King James 2000
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she called his name Joseph, saying, "Yahweh has added to me another son."
Modern King James verseion
And she called his name Joseph. And she said, May Jehovah add another son to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD give me yet another son."
NET Bible
She named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord give me yet another son."
New Heart English Bible
She named him Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add another son to me."
The Emphasized Bible
So she called his name Joseph, saying, Yahweh is adding unto me another son.
Webster
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD will add to me another son.
World English Bible
She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."
Youngs Literal Translation
and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, 'Jehovah is adding to me another son.'
Themes
Children » In answer to prayer » Rachel
Emulation » Illustrated » In jacob's household
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
Rachel » consequences of » Grief » sterility
Rachel » Later productiveness of; becomes the mother of » Joseph
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Children
23 So she conceived and gave birth to a son; and she said, “God has taken away my disgrace and humiliation.” 24 She named him Joseph (may He add) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.” 25 Now when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go back to my own place and to my own country.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 35:24
and the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers [Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher]; the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s [
Genesis 49:22-26
“Joseph is a fruitful bough (a main branch of the vine),
A fruitful bough by a spring (a well, a fountain);
Its branches run over the wall [influencing others].
Genesis 35:17-18
When she was in hard labor the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid; you now have another son.”
Genesis 37:4
His brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all of his brothers; so they hated him and could not [find it within themselves to] speak to him on friendly terms.
Genesis 39:1-23
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the [royal] guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, and he was the one who sold [grain] to all the people of the land; and Joseph’s [half] brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 48:1-22
Now some time after these things happened, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him [to go to Goshen].
Deuteronomy 33:13-17
And of
With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep water that lies beneath,
Ezekiel 37:16
“And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’
Acts 7:9-15
“The [ten elder] patriarchs, overwhelmed with jealousy, sold [their younger brother] Joseph into [slavery in] Egypt; but God was with him,
Hebrews 11:21-22
By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.
Revelation 7:8
twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, and twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed (marked, redeemed, protected).