“And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.”
She added: may the LORD add to me another son. The prayer embedded in Joseph's name is Rachel's prayer: may God add another son. Genesis 35:17-18 records the birth and death of that second son — Benjamin born as Rachel dies. The prayer is answered at the cost of the one who prayed it. The application: the prayers we pray sometimes arrive in forms we did not intend. Rachel prays for another son; she receives Benjamin and loses her life. The prayer is answered; the cost is complete.
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