Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her

New American Standard Bible

So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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 [secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to 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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And she gave
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

בּלהה 
Bilhah 
Usage: 11

to wife
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

and Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

went in

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

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Context Readings

Jacob's Children

3 Then she said, "Here [is] my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children {as my surrogate}. Then I will even {have children} by her." 4 Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her 5 And Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son for Jacob.



Cross References

Genesis 16:3-4

Then Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife.

Genesis 21:10

Then she said to Abraham, "Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman will not be heir with my son, with Isaac."

Genesis 22:24

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 25:1

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

Genesis 25:6

But to the sons of Abraham's concubines Abraham gave gifts. And while he [was] still living he sent them away eastward, [away] from his son Isaac, to the land of the east.

Genesis 33:2

And he put the female slaves and their children first, then Leah and her children next, then Rachel with Joseph last.

Genesis 35:22

And while Israel was living in that land Reuben went and had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine. And Israel heard [about it].

2 Samuel 12:11

Thus says Yahweh, 'Look, I [am] going to raise up evil against you from [within] your house, and I will take your women before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor, and he shall sleep with your wives {in broad daylight}.

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