Genesis 30:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

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  • Gen 16:3-4 : 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife, 4 and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.
  • Gen 21:10 : 10 and she saith to Abraham, `Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son -- with Isaac.'
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 and his concubine, whose name `is' Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah.
  • Gen 25:1 : 1 And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name `is' Keturah;
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun;

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  • Gen 30:5
    89%

    5and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    89%

    1And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

    2And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

    3And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

  • Gen 29:28-31
    4 verses
    86%

    28And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

    29and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

    30And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

    31And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren;

  • Gen 30:7
    82%

    7And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

  • Gen 30:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

    10and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

  • Gen 29:21-24
    4 verses
    79%

    21And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'

    22and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.

    23And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;

    24and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

  • Gen 30:12
    76%

    12And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

  • Gen 35:22
    75%

    22and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.

  • Gen 35:25
    74%

    25And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.

  • Gen 30:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.'

    16And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

    17And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,

  • Gen 31:4
    73%

    4And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

  • Gen 29:10
    72%

    10and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the flock of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 30:19
    72%

    19And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,

  • Gen 28:2
    72%

    2rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;

  • Gen 31:33
    71%

    33And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.

  • Gen 29:12
    71%

    12and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he `is' her father's brother, and that he `is' Rebekah's son, and she runneth and declareth to her father.

  • Gen 34:1
    71%

    1And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

  • Gen 30:23
    71%

    23and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;'

  • Gen 46:25
    71%

    25These `are' sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she beareth these to Jacob -- all the persons `are' seven.