Parallel Verses
World English Bible
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as 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.
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.
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, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her." 4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
Cross References
Genesis 16:3-4
Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 21:10
Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."
Genesis 22:24
His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:6
but to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
Genesis 33:2
He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Genesis 35:22
It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
2 Samuel 12:11
"This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.