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Genesis 30:23

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

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וַתַּ֖הַרvataharand be with childהָרָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be with child”, the next action in the storyH2029to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.וַתֵּ֣לֶדvateledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…בֵּ֑ןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וַתֹּ֕אמֶרvatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אָסַ֥ףasafdestroyאָסַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֱלֹהִ֖יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֶרְפָּתִֽיcherpatirebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “rebuke”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, 'God hath gathered up my reproach;'

World English Bible

She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

Darby Translation

And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.

Douay-Rheims

And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν· εἶπε δὲ Ῥαχὴλ, ἀφεῖλεν ὁ Θεός μου τὸ ὄνειδος.