Verse 4

So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

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  • Gen 16:3-4 : 3 After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant, and gave her to Abram as a wife. 4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When Hagar saw that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
  • Gen 21:10 : 10 And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
  • Gen 25:1 : 1 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still alive, he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the land of the east.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons:
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 This is what the Lord says: 'Look, I am going to bring disaster upon you from within your own household. I will take your wives before your very eyes and give them to someone close to you, who will sleep with them in broad daylight.