23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
23 And she conceived, H2029 and bare H3205 a son; H1121 and said, H559 God H430 hath taken away H622 my reproach: H2781
23 And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
23 and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;'
23 And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.
23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
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Commentary on Genesis 30 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 30
In this chapter we have an account of the increase,
Gen 30:1-13
We have here the bad consequences of that strange marriage which Jacob made with the two sisters. Here is,
Gen 30:14-24
Here is,
Gen 30:25-36
We have here,
Gen 30:37-43
Here is Jacob's honest policy to make his bargain more advantageous to himself than it was likely to be. If he had not taken some course to help himself, it would have been a bad bargain indeed, which he knew Laban would never consider, or rather would be well pleased to see him a loser by, so little did Laban consult any one's interest but his own. Now Jacob's contrivances were,