Parallel Verses
Amplified
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [
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.
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:
NET Bible
So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with 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 said, “Here, take my maid Bilhah and go in to her; and [when the baby comes] she shall
Cross References
Genesis 16:3-4
After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan ten years, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian [maid], and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife.
Genesis 21:10
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.”
Genesis 22:24
Nahor’s
Genesis 25:1
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:6
but to the sons of his
Genesis 33:2
He put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father’s
Now Jacob had twelve sons—
2 Samuel 12:11
Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will stir up evil against you from your