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
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.
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 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}.