Genesis 30:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 29:31 : 31 The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
  • Gen 8:1 : 1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.
  • 1 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 They got up early the next morning. Then they worshiped the LORD and returned to their home at Ramathaim. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD called her to mind. 20 Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”
  • Ps 105:42 : 42 Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.
  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
  • Gen 21:1-2 : 1 The Birth of Isaac The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
  • Gen 30:2 : 2 Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

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  • Gen 30:23-24
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    23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”

    24She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”

  • Gen 29:31-32
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    31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

    32So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

  • Gen 30:1-8
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    1When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”

    2Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

    3She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”

    4So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

    5Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

    6Then Rachel said,“God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.

    7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

    8Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

  • Gen 30:21
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    21After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

  • Gen 35:16-17
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    16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.

    17When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

  • Gen 38:27
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    27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Exod 2:24
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    24God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

  • 1 Sam 1:19
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    19They got up early the next morning. Then they worshiped the LORD and returned to their home at Ramathaim. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD called her to mind.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

    18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Gen 29:16-17
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    16(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

    17Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)

  • Gen 31:4
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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

  • Gen 29:9-11
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    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

    10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.

    11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.

  • Gen 29:34
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    34She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.

  • Jer 31:15
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    15The LORD says,“A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”

  • Gen 25:21-22
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    21Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

    22But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,

  • Gen 31:14
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    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

  • 1 Sam 1:27
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    27For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.

  • Gen 25:24
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    24When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

  • Gen 29:29
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    29(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

  • Gen 35:19
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    19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).

  • Gen 30:15
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    15But Leah replied,“Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“All right,” Rachel said,“he may go to bed with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

  • Gen 21:2
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    2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

  • Gen 30:10
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    10Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.