Genesis 30:4

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So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

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  • Gen 16:3-4 : 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. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
  • Gen 21:10 : 10 So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children– Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
  • Gen 25:1 : 1 The Death of Abraham Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
  • Gen 35:22 : 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:
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!

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  • Gen 30:5
    89%

    5Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

  • Gen 30:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    1When 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!”

    2Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

    3She 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.”

  • Gen 29:28-31
    4 verses
    86%

    28Jacob 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.)

    30Jacob slept with Rachel as well. He also loved Rachel more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban for seven more years.

    31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

  • Gen 30:7
    82%

    7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

  • Gen 30:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

    10Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:21-24
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    21Finally Jacob said to Laban,“Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”

    22So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

    23In 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.)

  • Gen 30:12
    76%

    12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

  • Gen 35:22
    75%

    22While 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 35:25
    74%

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

  • Gen 30:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15But 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.”

    16When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.

    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

  • Gen 31:4
    73%

    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

  • Gen 29:10
    72%

    10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.

  • Gen 30:19
    72%

    19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

  • Gen 28:2
    72%

    2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

  • Gen 31:33
    71%

    33So 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.

  • Gen 29:12
    71%

    12When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

  • Gen 34:1
    71%

    1Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

  • Gen 30:23
    71%

    23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”

  • Gen 46:25
    71%

    25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.