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Genesis 30:4

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

KJV

Deditque illi Balam in conjugium : quæ,

Vulgate

καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Βάλλαν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς αὐτῷ γυναῖκα, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ·

LXX

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

ASV

וַ/תִּתֶּן ל֛/וֹ אֶת בִּלְהָ֥ה שִׁפְחָתָ֖/הּ לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה וַ/יָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖י/הָ יַעֲקֹֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JacobBilhahJacob

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִּלְהָ֖ה
blhh
proper_noun · 11×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
ךָ
k
noun · 63×
ם
m
verb · 1995×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 12:11 — Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in
  • Gen 16:3 — And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
  • Gen 21:10 — Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
  • Gen 22:24 — And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
  • Gen 25:1 — Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
  • Gen 25:6 — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
  • Gen 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
  • Gen 33:2 — And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
  • Gen 35:22 — And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
  • Gen 37:2 — These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives