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Genesis 30:2-4
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 30:2-4
EasyEnglish Bible
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, ‘Am I God? God has stopped you from giving birth to children!’ 3 Rachel said, ‘Take my servant Bilhah and have sex with her. Then she can have children on my behalf. Through her, I can have a family.’[a]
4 So Rachel gave her servant Bilhah to Jacob to become his wife.
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- 30:3 Sarah had said the same thing to Abraham about Hagar. See Genesis 16:2
Genesis 30:2-4
King James Version
Genesis 30:2-4
King James Version
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
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Genesis 30:2-4
New International Version
Genesis 30:2-4
New International Version
2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(A) who has kept you from having children?”(B)
3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,(C) my servant.(D) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”(E)
4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(F) Jacob slept with her,(G)
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