Genesis 30:4
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid, to wife,—and Jacob went in unto her;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
In Context
5and Bilhah conceived, and bare unto Jacob a son;
Cross References
Genesis 16:3So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian. her handmaid, at the end of ten years of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband, to be to him as a wife.
Genesis 22:24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also, hath borne Tebah and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
Genesis 25:6but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,—and then sent them away from Isaac his son while he himself yet lived, eastward unto the land of the east.
Genesis 33:2and put the handmaids and their children first,—and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;
Genesis 46:25These, are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter,—so she bare these to Jacob,—all the souls, were seven.
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 →