Bible verse

Genesis 30:4

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

Genesis 30:4 · BSB

Genesis 30:4 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 30.

1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

3 Then 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.”

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

5 and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

7 And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

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Genesis 30:4 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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