Genesis 29:29

Webster's Bible (1833)

Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

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  • Gen 29:24 : 24 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
  • Gen 30:3-8 : 3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her." 4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan. 7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
  • Gen 35:25 : 25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

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  • Gen 29:16-28
    13 verses
    88%

    16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

    18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

    19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

    20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

    21 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

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

    23 It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

    24 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

    25 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

    26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first born.

    27 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

    28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

  • Gen 30:3-5
    3 verses
    86%

    3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

    4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 30:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

    10 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

  • Gen 30:7
    80%

    7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

  • Gen 29:30-31
    2 verses
    79%

    30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

    31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 29:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

    9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

    10 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

    12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.

  • Gen 35:25
    77%

    25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.

  • Gen 31:33
    74%

    33 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 29:6
    74%

    6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

  • Gen 46:25
    73%

    25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

  • Gen 31:19
    73%

    19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim{teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} that were her father's.

  • Gen 46:19
    73%

    19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 30:12
    73%

    12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.