Genesis 30:4

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

And she gave {H5414} him Bilhah {H1090} her handmaid {H8198} to wife {H802}: and Jacob {H3290} went in {H935} unto her.

So she gave him Bilhah her slave-girl as his wife, and Ya'akov went in and slept with her.

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

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 22:24 (3 votes)

    And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

  • Genesis 16:3 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 16:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

  • Genesis 35:22 (3 votes)

    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:

  • Genesis 33:2 (3 votes)

    And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

  • Genesis 25:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

  • Genesis 25:6 (3 votes)

    But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.