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ULT And she gave to him Bilhah her maidservant as a wife, and Jacob went to her.
UST So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah to be another wife for him, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
BSB § So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
OEB So she gave him Bilhah her slave-girl for a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
WEB She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
NET So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
LSV and she gives Bilhah her maidservant to him for a wife, and Jacob goes in to her;
FBV She gave her personal maid Bilhah to him as a wife and Jacob slept with her.
T4T So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
LEB Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her
BBE So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
MOFNo MOF GEN book available
JPS And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.
ASV And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
YLT and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
DBY And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
RV And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
WBS And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.
KJB And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
BB And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her. (And she gave him Bilha her handmayde to wife: and Yacob went in unto her.)
GNV Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her. (Then she gave him Bilhah her maid to wife, and Yacob went in to her. )
CB And so she gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. And Iacob laye with her. (And so she gave him Bilha her maiden to wife. And Yacob lay with her.)
WYC And sche yaf to hym Bala in to matrimony; (And she gave to him Bala in to matrimony;)
LUT Und sie gab ihm also Bilha, ihre Magd, zum Weibe; und Jakob legte sich zu ihr. (And they/she/them gab him also Bilha, ihre Magd, for_the Weibe; and Yakob legte itself/yourself/themselves to ihr.)
CLV Deditque illi Balam in conjugium: quæ, (Deditque illi Balam in conyugium: quæ, )
BRN And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
30:1-8 Rachel’s naming of sons through Bilhah does not reflect faith as Leah’s namings had. Rachel felt wronged over the marriage and her barrenness. The names of Bilhah’s sons reflect Rachel’s bitter struggle with her sister and her feeling of some victory.
See how you translated maidservant in Gen 29:24, 29. Also see how you translated a different word (“servant woman”) in verse 3 that has the same meaning. Some translations use the same term in both verses to prevent confusion. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “So Rachel gave Jacob her maid Bilhah”
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
to/for=(a)_woman
Make sure your translation does not sound like Bilhah replaced Rachel as Jacob’s wife; Bilhah was an additional wife. Alternate translation: “as his wife,” or “to be a wife for him,”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
