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
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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