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Genesis 30:4
She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Genesis 30:4 in other translations
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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In context
1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
2 Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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 servant 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 she called his name Dan.
7 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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