Genesis 30:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,

New Living Translation
So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

English Standard Version
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Berean Study Bible
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

New American Standard Bible
So she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.

NASB 1995
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

NASB 1977
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Amplified Bible
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Christian Standard Bible
So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

Contemporary English Version
Then Rachel let Jacob marry Bilhah,

Good News Translation
So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So she gave him her slave Bilhah as his wife, and Jacob slept with her.

International Standard Version
So Rachel gave Jacob her woman servant Bilhah to be his wife, and Jacob had sex with her.

NET Bible
So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

New King James Version
Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

King James 2000 Bible
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as his wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

New Heart English Bible
So she gave him Bilhah her servant as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

World English Bible
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

American King James Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in to her.

American Standard Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

A Faithful Version
So she gave him her handmaid Bilhah as a wife. And Jacob went in to her.

Darby Bible Translation
And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

English Revised Version
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And so she gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. And Iacob laye with her.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And she gaue him Bilha hir hadmayde to wife. And Iacob wet in vnto her
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and she gives Bilhah her maidservant to him for a wife, and Jacob goes in to her;

Young's Literal Translation
and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

Smith's Literal Translation
And she will give to him Bilhah her maid for a wife, and Jacob will go in to her.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And she gave him Bilhah in marriage.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And she gave to him Balha her Handmaid as a wife and he went in unto her.

Lamsa Bible
And she gave him her maid Bilhah to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
















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