Genesis 30:6
Rachel said, “God has judged in my favor! He listened to me and gave me a son.” So she named him Dan.
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5Bilhah became pregnant and had a son for Jacob.
7Rachel's personal maid Bilhah became pregnant again and had a second son for Jacob.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suffering and now my husband will love me!”
Genesis 46:23The son of Dan: Hushim.
Deuteronomy 27:13The following tribes are to stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Psalms 35:24Vindicate me, my Lord and my God, because you are just and right. Don't let them gloat over me.
Jeremiah 13:2So I went and bought a loincloth as the Lord had instructed me, and I put it on.
Jeremiah 15:14Then I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country, because my anger will be like lighting a fire that will burn you up.
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 →