Genesis 30:3-8

Jacob's Children

3 Then she said, "Here is my servant d Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth e on my behalf, 1 that even I may have children 2 through her." 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, "God has f judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan. 3 7 Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings 4 I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed." So she called his name g Naphtali. 5

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 29:29
    (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 50:23
    And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 49:16
    Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 4:13
    And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.
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