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Joseph (OT) and Rachel
How Joseph (OT) and Rachel are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Rachel was a parent of Joseph (OT).
Joseph was Rachel's first son, born after long barrenness. She named him saying, "The Lord shall add to me another son."
And she called his name Joseph
Genesis 30:24, King James Version
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin
Genesis 35:24, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 30:22-25
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 30:22-25
22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
25And 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 35:24
24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
King James Version