Genesis 30:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Rachel said, “You can have my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her, and she will have a child for me. Then I can be a mother through her.”

Cross References

Genesis 50:23

During Joseph’s life Ephraim had children and grandchildren. And his son Manasseh had a son named Makir. Joseph lived to see Makir’s children.

Job 3:12

Why did my mother hold me on her knees? Why did her breasts feed me?

Ruth 4:11

So all the elders and the people who were near the city gates said, “We are witnesses to all of this. And may the Lord bless this woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah. They are the ones who had many children to make the people of Israel strong. And may you become powerful in the tribe of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem!

Genesis 30:9

Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob.

Genesis 46:25

These were the sons of Jacob and Bilhah. (Bilhah was the maid that Laban had given to his daughter Rachel.) There were seven people in this family.