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Genesis 30:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 30 · verse 4
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.Genesis 30:4 · King James Version
Genesis 30:4 in context
2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- handmaidshiphchâha female slaveH8198 →
- BilhahBilhâhBilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubinesH1090 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
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We have here the bad consequences of that strange marriage which Jacob made with the two sisters. Here is, I. An unhappy disagreement between him and Rachel (Gen 30:1, Gen 30:2), occasioned, not so much by her own barrenness as by her sister's fruitfulness.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13