Genesis 30:5

Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

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In The King James Version

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

In Context

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

6Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29Jacob 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: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

1 Chronicles 2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

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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