Monday, May 6, 2013

Genesis 30:5

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

Geneva Bible - So Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son.

Genesis 30:4


And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to [as] wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

Geneva Bible - Then she gave him Bilhah her maid to wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Genesis 30:3


And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon [to be upon] my knees that I may also have children [lit to be built up] by her.

Geneva Bible - And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my
knees, and (*) I shall have children also by her.
(b)
(b) I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were my own.
(*) Hebrew: I shall be built.

Genesis 30:2


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?

Geneva Bible - Then Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in (a) God’s
stead, which hath withholden from thee the fruit of the womb?
(a) It is only God that maketh barren and fruitful, and therefore I am not in fault.

Genesis 30:1


And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Geneva Bible - And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister, and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.