Genesis 30:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her.

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  • Gen 16:3-4 : 3 And Sarai Abrams wyfe toke Hagar her mayde the Egyptian, after Abram hadde dwelled ten yeres in the lande of Chanaan, and gaue her to her husbande Abram to be his wyfe. 4 And he went in vnto Hagar, and she conceaued. And when she sawe that she had conceaued, her mistresse was despised in her eyes.
  • Gen 21:10 : 10 Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham: cast out this bond woman, & her sonne: for the sonne of this bonde woman, shal not be heyre with my sonne Isahac.
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, & Gaham, Thahas, and Maacha.
  • Gen 25:1 : 1 Abraham proceeded further, and toke hym another wyfe, called Cetura.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But vnto the sonnes of the concubines whiche Abraham had, he gaue gyftes, and sent them away from Isahac his sonne (whyle he yet lyued) eastwarde vnto the east countrey.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And as Israel dwelt in that land, Ruben went and lay with Bilha his fathers concubine: And it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were twelue in number.
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne.

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  • 5 And Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne.

  • Gen 30:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    1 Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead.

    2 And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?

    3 Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her.

  • Gen 29:28-31
    4 verses
    86%

    28 And Iacob dyd euen so, and passed out the weeke: and then he gaue hym Rachel his daughter to wyfe also.

    29 And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter Bilha his handmayde, to be her seruaunt.

    30 So lay he by Rachel also, and loued Rachel more then Lea, and serued hym yet seuen yeres more.

    31 When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.

  • 7 And Bilha Rachels seruant conceaued againe, & bare Iacob another sonne.

  • Gen 30:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9 When Lea sawe that she had left bearyng chyldren she toke Zilpha her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wyfe.

    10 And Zilpha Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne.

  • Gen 29:21-24
    4 verses
    79%

    21 And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled.

    22 Then Laban gathered together all the men of that place, and made a feast.

    23 And when euen was come, he toke Lea his daughter, and brought her to hym, and he went in to her.

    24 And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be her seruaunt.

  • 12 And Zilpha Leas seruaunt bare Iacob an other sonne.

  • 22 And as Israel dwelt in that land, Ruben went and lay with Bilha his fathers concubine: And it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were twelue in number.

  • 25 And the sonnes of Bilha Rachels handmayde: Dan and Nephthali.

  • Gen 30:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15 To whom Lea aunswered: Is it not enough that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my sonnes Mandragoras also? Then saide Rachel: well, let hym sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras.

    16 And Iacob came from the fielde at euen, and Lea went out to meete hym, and sayde: thou shalt come in to me, for I haue bought thee in deede with my sonne Mandragoras. And he slept with her that same nyght.

    17 And God hearde Lea, that she conceaued, and bare Iacob the fift sonne.

  • 4 Therfore Iacob sent, & called Rachel and Lea to the fielde vnto his flocke,

  • 10 Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

  • 19 And Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob the sixt sonne.

  • 2 Arise, and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and there take thee a wyfe of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.

  • 33 Then went Laban into Iacobs tent, and into Leas tent, and into the two maydseruaunts tentes: but found them not. Then went he out of Leas tent, and entred into Rachels tent:

  • 12 And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.

  • 1 Dina the daughter of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the lande.

  • 23 So that she conceaued & bare a sonne: and sayde, God hath taken awaye my rebuke.

  • 25 These are the sonnes of Bilha, which Laban gaue vnto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these vnto Iacob altogether seuen soules.