And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
23. God hath taken away ] The Hebrew for “hath taken away” ( saph) is clearly regarded as one etymology of the name Joseph.
my reproach ] See note on Gen 30:1. Cf. Isa 4:1, “Take thou away our reproach”; Luk 1:25, “to take away my reproach among men.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Barrenness was then accounted a great reproach, especially in that race, because it was a kind of curse, whereby such persons were excluded both from the first and general blessing of fructification given to all mankind, Gen 1:28; and from the special blessing given to Abraham for the multiplication of his seed; and from all hopes of being the progenitors of the blessed Messias.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 could have no hope of the Messiah springing from them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
23. My reproach She has now no words of envy or triumph towards her sister, but a humble acknowledgment of her previous pitiable condition among women .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Sweet thought suggested in this verse, to the gracious soul! Our everlasting home calls for our regard and our best affections. Here we are at the best but strangers and sojourners. Mic 2:10 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Ver. 23. God hath taken away my reproach. ] That is, her barrenness, – with which she was often upbraided, – when now she was sufficiently humbled; besides that her children, as the rest of those women that were long barren, are noted to have been the best, and most gracious; as Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Samuel, the Baptist, &c. A child of many prayers cannot lightly miscarry, as he a told Monica.
a Ambrose.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Be fruitful and multiply, was the blessing of God: barrenness therefore was reckoned a reproach The intense desire of having children, observable among the Jewish women, arose not only from this reproach of barrenness, but from the hope of being the mother of the promised seed, and Him in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed. Gen 29:31, 1Sa 1:5, 1Sa 1:6, Isa 4:1, Luk 1:21, Luk 1:25, Luk 1:27
Reciprocal: Rth 4:13 – the Lord Psa 113:9 – maketh Zep 3:15 – hath taken Joh 16:21 – for
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my {g} reproach:
(g) Because fruitfulness came as God’s blessing, who said “Increase and multiply”, barrenness was counted as a curse.