"And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. {Joseph: that is, Adding}" — Genesis 30:24

Genesis 30:24 · KJV

“And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. {Joseph: that is, Adding}”

— Genesis 30:24

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

And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

Genesis 30 — Context

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. {Joseph: that is, Adding}

And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

Give {me} my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Cross References

Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

Genesis 49:22-26

Joseph {is} a fruitful bough, {even} a fruitful bough by a well; {whose} branches run over the wall: {branches: Heb. daughters}

Genesis 37:2

These {are} the generations of Jacob. Joseph, {being} seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad {was} with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

Revelation 7:8

Of the tribe of Zabulon {were} sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph {were} sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin {were} sealed twelve thousand.

Hebrews 11:21-22

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, {leaning} upon the top of his staff.

Genesis 42:6

And Joseph {was} the governor over the land, {and} he {it was} that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him {with} their faces to the earth.

Genesis 39:1-23

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

Genesis 35:17-18

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.