Genesis 30:20-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 a man had two wives, one would be beloved and the other hated, Deut. 21:15. But at length Rachel's strong passions betrayed her into a bargain with Leah that Jacob should return to her apartment. Reuben, a little lad, five or six years old, playing in the field, found mandrakes, dudaim. It is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:20

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry ,.... Having so many children; for though her husband could give her nothing at marriage, and her father gave her no more than one handmaid, yet God had abundantly made it up to her, in giving her so many sons: these are the heritage of the Lord, Psalm 127:3 , now will my husband dwell with me ; constantly; and not come to her tent now and then only, as he had used to do: because I have borne him six sons ; this she thought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:21

And afterwards she bare a daughter ,.... Which some writers, as Aben Ezra observes, say, was at the same birth with Zebulun, a twin with him; but being said to be afterwards shows the contrary: and called her name Dinah ; which signifies "judgment": perhaps she may have some reference to the first son of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, whom she called Dan, a name of the same signification; intimating as if it was a clear case that judgment went on her side; and that by the number of children... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:22

And God remembered Rachel ,.... In a way of mercy and kindness, whom he seemed to have forgotten, by not giving her children: and God hearkened to her ; to her prayer, which had been made time after time, that she might have children; but hitherto God had delayed to answer, but now gives one: and opened her womb ; gave her conception, and made her fruitful, and she became the mother of a child she so much desired. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:23

And she conceived and bare a son ,.... Through the goodness of God unto her, and for which she was greatly thankful: and said, God hath taken away my reproach ; the reproach of barrenness with which she was reproached among her neighbours; and perhaps by her sister Leah, and indeed it was a general reproach in those times; and especially, it was the more grievous to good women in the family of Abraham, because they were not the means of multiplying his seed according to the promise, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:20

Now will my husband dwell with me - יזבלני yizbeleni ; and she called his name Zebulun, זבל a dwelling or cohabitation, as she now expected that Jacob would dwell with her, as he had before dwelt with Rachel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:21

And called her name Dinah - דינה dinah , judgment. As Rachel had called her son by Bilhah Dan, Genesis 30:6 , so Leah calls her daughter Dinah, God having judged and determined for her, as well as for her sister in the preceding instance. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:22

And God hearkened to her - After the severe reproof which Rachel had received from her husband, Genesis 30:2 , it appears that she sought God by prayer, and that he heard her; so that her prayer and faith obtained what her impatience and unbelief had prevented. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:21

Verse 21 21.And afterward she bare a daughter. It is not known whether Jacob had any other daughter; for it is not uncommon in Scripture, when genealogies are recorded, to omit the women, since they do not bear their own name, but lie concealed under the shadow of their husbands. Meanwhile, if anything worthy of commemoration occurs to any women, especial mention is then made of them. This was the case with Dinah, on account of the violence done to her; of which more will be said hereafter. But... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:22

Verse 22 22.And God remembered Rachel. Since with God nothing is either before or after, but all things are present, he is subject to no forgetfulness, so that, in the lapse of time, he should need to be reminded of what is past. But the Scripture describes the presence and memory of God from the effect produced upon ourselves, because we conceive him to be such as he appears to be by his acts. Moreover, whether Rachel’s child was born the last of all, cannot with certainty be gathered from the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 30:14-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:22

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