Genesis 30:5

And Bilhah conceived, and bore Ya'akov ben.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

In Context

4And she gave him Bilhah her shifchah (slave woman, maidservant) as isha; and Ya'akov went in unto her.

6And Rachel said, Elohim danani (G-d hath judged me), and hath also heard my voice, and hath given to me ben: therefore called she shmo Dan.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy mikneh fared with me.

Numbers 1:5And these are the shemot haanashim that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuven, Elitzur ben Shede'ur;

1 Chronicles 2:1These are the Bnei Yisroel: Reuven, Shim'on, Levi, and Yehudah, Yissakhar, and Zevulun,

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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