²² Then God ^(A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and ^(B)opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away ^(C)my reproach.” ²⁴ So she called his name ^[a]Joseph, and said, ^(D)“The Lord shall add to me another son.”

Jacob’s Agreement with Laban

²⁵ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, ^(E)“Send me away, that I may go to ^(F)my own place and to my country. ²⁶ Give me my wives and my children ^(G)for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you.”

²⁷ And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for ^(H)I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.” ²⁸ Then he said, ^(I)“Name me your wages, and I will give it.”