Genesis 30:3
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
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- Gen 50:23 : 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third neration: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
- Job 3:12 : 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
- Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
- Gen 16:2-3 : 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
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- Gen 30:4-107 verses89%
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judd me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
- Gen 30:1-22 verses83%
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob's anr was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- Gen 29:28-314 verses81%
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Gen 30:19-257 verses78%
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
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15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
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12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
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25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
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17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
- Gen 29:23-242 verses74%
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
- Gen 35:16-172 verses72%
16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
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14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
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16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younr was Rachel.
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19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
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4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
- Gen 31:33-342 verses72%
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the imas, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
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21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
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22 And the children struggled tother within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.