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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 30:3 in context
Genesis 30:1–6
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When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
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Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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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.”
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She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.
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