Genesis 30:3

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

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  • Gen 50:23 : 23 He saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children, and also the children of Machir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.
  • Job 3:12 : 12 Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts that I should nurse?
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.'
  • Gen 16:2-3 : 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice. 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.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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  • Gen 30:4-10
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    4So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

    5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

    6Then Rachel said, 'God has judged in my favor; He has listened to my plea and given me a son.' So she named him Dan.

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

    8Then Rachel said, 'I have struggled greatly with my sister and I have prevailed.' So she named him Naphtali.

    9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

    10And Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 30:1-2
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    1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!'

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

  • Gen 29:28-31
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    28Jacob did so and completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

    29Laban also gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

    30Jacob was also with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

    31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren.

  • Gen 30:19-25
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    19Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

    20Then Leah said, 'God has endowed me with a wonderful gift. This time my husband will honor me because I have borne him six sons.' So she named him Zebulun.

    21After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

    22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.

    23She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'

    24She named him Joseph and said, 'May the LORD add another son to me.'

    25After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, 'Send me on my way so I can go back to my homeland.'

  • Gen 30:15
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    15But Leah said to her, 'Isn’t it enough that you took my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?' Rachel said, 'Very well, he can sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.'

  • Gen 30:12
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    12Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 35:25
    74%

    25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.

  • Gen 30:17
    74%

    17God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 29:23-24
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    23But that evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob was with her.

    24Laban also gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

  • Gen 35:22
    73%

    22While 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:

  • Gen 35:16-17
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    16Then they set out from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

    17During her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Don’t be afraid, for you have another son!"

  • Gen 31:14
    72%

    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, 'Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

  • Gen 29:16
    72%

    16Now Laban had two daughters: The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 46:19
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    19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.

  • Gen 31:33-34
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    33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he left Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

    34Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel’s saddle, and was sitting on them. Laban searched the entire tent but did not find them.

  • Gen 29:21
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    21Then Jacob said to Laban, 'Give me my wife, for my time is completed, and I want to be with her.'

  • Gen 29:9
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    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

  • Gen 25:22
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    22The children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, 'If it is like this, why is this happening to me?' So she went to inquire of the LORD.