Genesis 30:4 “So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with h…”

Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Young's Literal Translation

and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

Bible in Basic English

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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Cross references

“to wife”

Genesis 35:22 Genesis 21:10 Genesis 22:24 Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:6 Genesis 33:2

Genesis 35:22 · BSB

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Genesis 21:10 · BSB

and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

Genesis 22:24 · BSB

Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 25:1 · BSB

Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

Genesis 25:6 · BSB

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Genesis 33:2 · BSB

He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

5and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

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