Genesis 30:4

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

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In The King James Version

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

In Context

3She said, “See, there is my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her, so she might give birth to children on my knees, and I will have children by her.”

5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:3It was after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan that Sarai, Abram's wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband as a wife.

Genesis 22:24His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 25:6However, while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to the land of the east, away from Isaac, his son.

Genesis 33:2Then he put the female servants and their children in front, followed by Leah and her children, and followed by Rachel and Joseph last of all.

Genesis 46:25These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter—seven in all.

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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