Genesis 30:5

Bilhah [Bashful] conceived, and bore Jacob [Supplanter] a son.

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And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

In Context

4She gave him Bilhah [Bashful] her servant as wife, and Jacob [Supplanter] went in to her.

6Rachel [Ewe sheep] said, “God has judged me, and has also sh'ma ·heard obeyed· my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan [He judged].

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

Numbers 1:5These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben [See, a son!]: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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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