She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” She named him Joseph,[a] and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”
Genesis 30:23-24 (NIV)
Genesis 30:23-24 introduces Joseph.
In verse 23, Rachel says “God has taken away (asaph: אָסַף) my disagrace.” In verse 24, the text says: “and she called his name Joseph (יוֹסֵף); and said, The LORD shall add (yasaph: יָסַף) to me another son.
Asaph -> Joseph -> Yasaph
God takes away our shame, and adds blessing instead. But we’ll learn through the life of Joseph that the blessings don’t come the way we expect. Quite the opposite at times.