Genesis 30:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

And she said, Behold my maide Bilhah, goe in to her, and she shal beare vpon my knees, and I shal haue children also by her.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 50:23 : 23 And Ioseph saw Ephraims children, euen vnto the third generation: also the sonnes of Machir the sonne of Manasseh were brought vp on Iosephs knees.
  • Job 3:12 : 12 Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts?
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders sayd, We are witnesses: the Lorde make the wife that commeth into thine house, like Rahel and like Leah, which twaine did build the house of Israel: & that thou mayest doe worthily in Ephrathah, & be famous in Beth-lehem,
  • Gen 16:2-3 : 2 And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai. 3 Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 30:4-10
    7 verses
    89%

    4Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

    5So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.

    6Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan.

    7And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne.

    8Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali.

    9And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

    10And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.

  • Gen 30:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.

    2Then Iaakobs anger was kindled against Rahel, and he sayde, Am I in Gods steade, which hath withholden from thee the fruite of the wombe?

  • Gen 29:28-31
    4 verses
    81%

    28Then Iaakob did so, and fulfilled her seuen yeeres, so he gaue him Rahel his daughter to be his wife.

    29Laban also gaue to Rahel his daughter Bilhah his mayde to be her seruant.

    30So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres mo.

    31When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren.

  • Gen 30:19-25
    7 verses
    78%

    19After, Leah conceiued againe, & bare Iaakob the sixt sonne.

    20Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun.

    21After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah.

    22And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.

    23So she conceiued & bare a sonne, and said, God hath taken away my rebuke.

    24And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.

    25And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.

  • Gen 30:15
    76%

    15But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.

  • Gen 30:12
    75%

    12Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne.

  • Gen 35:25
    74%

    25And the sonnes of Bilhah Rahels maide: Dan and Naphtali.

  • Gen 30:17
    74%

    17And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne.

  • Gen 29:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23But whe the euening was come, he tooke Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in vnto her.

    24And Laban gaue his mayde Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her seruant.

  • Gen 35:22
    73%

    22Now, when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went, and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine, and it came to Israels eare; Iaakob had twelue sonnes.

  • Gen 35:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Then they departed from Beth-el, and when there was about halfe a daies iourney of ground to come to Ephrath, Rahel trauailed, and in trauailing she was in perill.

    17And whe she was in paines of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her, Feare not: for thou shalt haue this sonne also.

  • Gen 31:14
    72%

    14Then answered Rahel and Leah, and sayde vnto him, Haue wee any more porcion and inheritance in our fathers house?

  • Gen 29:16
    72%

    16Now Laban had two daughters, the elder called Leah, and the yonger called Rahel.

  • Gen 46:19
    72%

    19The sonnes of Rahel Iaakobs wife were Ioseph and Beniamin.

  • Gen 31:4
    72%

    4Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke.

  • Gen 31:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33Then came Laban into Iaakobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde them not. So hee went out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rahels tent.

    34(Nowe Rahel had taken the idoles, & put them in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them) and Laban searched al the tent, but found them not.

  • Gen 29:21
    71%

    21Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended.

  • Gen 29:9
    71%

    9While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them.

  • Gen 25:22
    71%

    22But the children stroue together within her: therefore shee sayde, Seeing it is so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lord.