Parallel Verses
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:
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 is my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. This way I can become a mother through her.
4 So
Cross References
Genesis 16:3-4
After Abram lived in Canaan ten years, Sarai, his wife, gave her Egyptian maidservant Hagar to her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 21:10
She said to Abraham: Get rid of that slave woman and her son.
Genesis 22:24
His concubine, Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham married another woman. Her name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:6
While Abraham was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of Hagar and Keturah. He also sent their sons to live in the east far from his son Isaac.
Genesis 33:2
He put the concubines and their children first, then Leah and her children, and finally Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Genesis 35:22
While Israel lived in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father's concubine Bilhah. Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons.
2 Samuel 12:11
I swear to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble to you. You will see it when I take your wives from you and give them to another man. He will have intercourse with them in broad daylight.