🌱WEB · Genesis 30:3
What does Genesis 30:3 mean?
"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.”"
— Genesis 30:3 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.”
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?”
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.”
She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan.
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