Genesis 30:4
What does Genesis 30:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 30:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:10
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
- Genesis 33:2
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
- Genesis 22:24
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
- Genesis 25:1
And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
- 2 Samuel 12:11
Thus saith Jehovah, 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 neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
- Genesis 16:3
And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
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