Genesis 30:5

So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.

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In The King James Version

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

In Context

4Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

6Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:29But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

Numbers 1:5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you, of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the sonne of Shedeur:

1 Chronicles 2:1These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, and 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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