Genesis 30:6
And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
7And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because LORD has looked upon my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
Genesis 46:23And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
Deuteronomy 27:13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Psalms 35:24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
Jeremiah 13:2So I bought a sash according to the word of LORD, and put it upon my loins.
Jeremiah 15:14And I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou know not. For a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2-14
Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1745.) 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →