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So she gaveוַתִּתֶּןhimלוֹBilhahאֶת בִּלְהָהher slave womanשִׁפְחָתָהּas a wife,לְאִשָּׁהand Jacobיַעֲקֹבwent inוַיָּבֹאto her.אֵלֶיהָ
Genesis 30:4
Study it in the app“So she gave him Bilhah her slave woman as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:4, word by word
- So she gaveתִּתֶּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- Bilhahבִּלְהָהbilha
Bilhah
Bilhah, Rachel's slave, given to Jacob; mother of Dan and Naphtali. Also a place.
Where else “bilha” appears- her slave womanשִׁפְחָתָshifchata
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchata” appears- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- and Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- went inיָּבֹאyavo
go in to
To go in to a woman as husband.
Where else “yavo” appears
The context
3She said, “Here is my slave woman Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may bear on my knees, and I too may have children through her.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?