Genesis 30:5

Bilhah became pregnant, she got a male child.

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In The King James Version

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

In Context

4After that Jacob slept with that working woman.

6Rachel said, “I asked God if he would give a child for me. He listened to me, he gave me a male child.” So she named that child Dan.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29Jacob said to him, “I have worked comepletely for you. I took good care of your animals. You know that.

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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