Genesis 30:4

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So she gave him her slave Bilhah as his wife, and Jacob slept with her.

Cross References

Genesis 16:2

So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Why don’t you sleep with my slave? Maybe I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed with Sarai.

Genesis 21:10

She said to Abraham, “Get rid of this slave and her son, because this slave’s son must never share the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

Genesis 22:24

Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, had the following children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.”

Genesis 25:1

Abraham married again, and his wife’s name was Keturah.

Genesis 25:6

But while he was still living, Abraham had given gifts to the sons of his concubines. He sent them away from his son Isaac to a land in the east.

Genesis 29:29

(Laban had given his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.)

Genesis 30:5

Bilhah became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Jacob.

Genesis 33:2

He put the slaves and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Genesis 35:22

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father’s concubine  Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons.

Genesis 46:25

These were the descendants of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She gave birth to these sons for Jacob. The total was 7.

2 Samuel 12:11

“This is what the Lord says: I will stir up trouble against you within your own household, and before your own eyes I will take your wives and give them to someone close to you. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight.