Genesis 30:3
She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”
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- Gen 50:23 : 23 Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.
- Job 3:12 : 12 Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?
- Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied,“We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
- Gen 16:2-3 : 2 So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him. 3 So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.
- Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
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- Gen 30:4-107 verses89%
4 So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
5 Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
6 Then Rachel said,“God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.
7 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.
8 Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10 Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.
- Gen 30:1-22 verses83%
1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”
2 Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
- Gen 29:28-314 verses81%
28 Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
29 (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)
30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well. He also loved Rachel more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban for seven more years.
31 The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
- Gen 30:19-257 verses78%
19 Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.
20 Then Leah said,“God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
21 After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”
24 She named him Joseph, saying,“May the LORD give me yet another son.”
25 The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.
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15 But Leah replied,“Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“All right,” Rachel said,“he may go to bed with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
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12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.
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25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
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17 God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.
- Gen 29:23-242 verses74%
23 In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24 (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)
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22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went to bed with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.Jacob had twelve sons:
- Gen 35:16-172 verses72%
16 They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.
17 When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”
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14 Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
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16 (Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.
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19 The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
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4 So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
- Gen 31:33-342 verses72%
33 So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.
34 (Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle and sat on them.) Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them.
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21 Finally Jacob said to Laban,“Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”
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9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.
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22 But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,