Genesis 30:5

When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

In Context

4And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

6And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.

Numbers 1:5Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.

1 Chronicles 2:1And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,

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 →

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