THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
Do not lose heart, He declares, for you shall bear a son; despite your suffering, you will still receive a child.
Genesis 35:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
By reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
וַיְהִ֥י בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ בְּלִדְתָּ֑הּ וַתֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֤הּ הַמְיַלֶּ֙דֶת֙ אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י כִּֽי־גַם־זֶ֥ה לָ֖ךְ בֵּֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 30:24And she called his name Joseph: saying: The Lord give me also another son.
- 1 Sam 4:19And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden.
- 1 Sam 4:21And she called the child Ichabod, saying: The glory is gone from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and for her father in law, and for her husband: