Genesis 30:7
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:7 in other translations
| BSB | And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. |
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| WEB | Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. |
| ASV | And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. |
| YLT | And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob, |
| DARBY | And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son. |
| BBE | And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son. |
| Webster | And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. |
What does Genesis 30:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:3-9
3-9. Bilhah ... Zilpah--Following the example of Sarah with regard to Hagar, an example which is not seldom imitated still, she adopted the children of her maid. Leah took the same course. A bitter and intense rivalry existed between them, all the more from their close relationship as sisters; and although they occupied separate apartments, with their families, as is the uniform custom where a plurality of wives…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:1-13
Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage. Let us carefully watch against all the risings and workings of this passion in our minds. Let not our eye be evil towards any of our fellow-servants, because our…
Genesis 30:7 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 30:6
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
- Genesis 30:7
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y concibió otra vez Bilha, la sierva de Rachêl, y parió el hijo segundo á Jacob. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Bilha, servante de Rachel, conçut encore, et enfanta un second fils à Jacob. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Bilha, die Magd Rahels, ward wiederum schwanger und gebar dem Jakob einen zweiten Sohn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Rursumque Bala concipiens, peperit alterum, |