Genesis 30:4
And she gaue him Bilha hir hadmayde to wife. And Iacob wet in vnto her
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
In Context
5And Bilha conceaued and bare Iacob a sonne.
Cross References
Genesis 16:3Abrams wife toke Hagar hyr mayde the Egitian (after Abram had dwelled.x. yere in the lande of Canaan) and gaue her to hyr husbonde Abram to be his wyfe.
Genesis 22:24And his concubyne called Rheuma she bare also Tebah Gaham Thahas and Maacha.
Genesis 25:6And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne (while he yet lyved) east ward vnto the east contre.
Genesis 33:2And he put the maydens ad their childern formest ad Lea and hir childern after and Rahel ad Ioseph hindermost.
Genesis 46:25These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his doughter and she bare these vnto Iacob all together.vij. soulles
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 →