Genesis 29:30
29:30 Jacob
had marital relations
with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban
for seven more years.
Genesis 30:22-24
30:22 Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
30:23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”
30:24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”
Genesis 37:3
37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
Malachi 3:17
3:17 “They will belong to me,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property.
I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.