Parallel Verses
NET Bible
So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
New American Standard Bible
So
King James Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Holman Bible
So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
International Standard Version
So Rachel gave Jacob her woman servant Bilhah to be his wife, and Jacob had sex with her.
A Conservative Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife, and Jacob went in to her.
American Standard Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Amplified
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [
Bible in Basic English
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Darby Translation
And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will give to him Bilhah her maid for a wife, and Jacob will go in to her.
King James 2000
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as his wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her
Modern King James verseion
And she gave him her slave woman Bilhah to wife. And Jacob went in to her.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife. And Jacob went in unto her:
New Heart English Bible
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
The Emphasized Bible
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid, to wife, - and Jacob went in unto her;
Webster
And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.
World English Bible
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Youngs Literal Translation
and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
Themes
Bilhah » Rachael's servant » Mother of dan and naphtali
Bilhah » Rachael's servant » Bears children by jacob
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » jacob
Emulation » Illustrated » In jacob's household
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
Interlinear
Nathan
Shiphchah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 30:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Children
3 She replied, "Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her." 4 So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her. 5 Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
Cross References
Genesis 16:3-4
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.
Genesis 21:10
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!"
Genesis 22:24
His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children -- Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.
Genesis 25:6
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.
Genesis 33:2
He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
2 Samuel 12:11
This is what the Lord says: '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 have sexual relations with your wives in broad daylight!