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Genesis 30:4

BilhahIsrael

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.

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

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

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BSB
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
KJV
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
WEB
She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
ASV
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
DARBY
And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
BLB
And she gave to him Bilhah her maidservant for a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
ÅB
Så gav hun sin slavekvinne Bilha til hustru, og Jakob gikk inn til henne.
OTB
Så presenterte hun sin tjenestepike Bilha for Jakob som en kone, og Jakob var med henne.
B1930
Så gav hun sin trælkvinne Bilha til hustru, og Jakob gikk inn til henne.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 35:22

    And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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  • Genesis 21:10

    Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

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  • Genesis 22:24

    And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

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  • Genesis 33:2

    And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:11

    Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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  • Genesis 25:1

    Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

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  • Genesis 16:3–4

    And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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  • Genesis 25:6

    But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

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