Genesis 30:4
And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
In Context
5When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.
Cross References
Genesis 16:3She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.
Genesis 22:24And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.
Genesis 25:6And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country.
Genesis 33:2And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.
Genesis 46:25These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.
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 →