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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/30.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/30.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Rachel&#8217s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/30.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Rachel&#8217s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Rachel’s servant-woman Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Rachel&#8217s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Bilhah and Jacob had a second son, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Rachel's slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Rachel's servant conceived again and bore a second son for Jacob, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Rachel?s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Bilhah, Rachel's servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, conceives again, and bears a second son to Jacob,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Bilhah, Rachel's maid will yet again conceive and bare a second son to Jacob.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And again Bala conceived and bore another, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And conceiving again, Bilhah bore another,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore a second son for Jacob,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Balha the Handmaid of Rakhyl became pregnant again and she bore another son to Yaquuv.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/30-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7244" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/30.htm">Dan and Naphtali</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7354.htm" title="7354: rā·ḥêl (N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Jacob. The same as rachel; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.">And Rachel’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/8198.htm" title="8198: šip̄·ḥaṯ (N-fsc) -- Maid, maidservant. Feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out; a female slave.">servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/1090.htm" title="1090: bil·hāh (N-proper-fs) -- Bilhah -- a concubine of Jacob. From balahh; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine.">Bilhah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2029.htm" title="2029: wat·ta·har (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To conceive, become pregnant. A primitive root; to be pregnant, conceive.">conceived</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">again</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wat·tê·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">and bore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: šê·nî (Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">a second</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bên (N-ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31</a></span><br />When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-2</a></span><br />When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-1.htm">Genesis 16:1-2</a></span><br />Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. / So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Genesis 21:1-2</a></span><br />Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. / So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Genesis 25:21</a></span><br />Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25</a></span><br />by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">1 Samuel 1:19-20</a></span><br />The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. / So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3</a></span><br />Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></span><br />“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-13.htm">Luke 1:13</a></span><br />But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-24.htm">Luke 1:24-25</a></span><br />After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared, / “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-36.htm">Luke 1:36-37</a></span><br />Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month. / For no word from God will ever fail.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-12</a></span><br />Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. / Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, / not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-22.htm">Galatians 4:22-23</a></span><br />For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. / His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Hebrews 11:11</a></span><br />By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7</a></b></br> And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Bilhah</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Child</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Conceiveth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-4.htm">Handmaid</a> <a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/30-4.htm">Maid</a> <a href="/genesis/30-4.htm">Maidservant</a> <a href="/genesis/30-4.htm">Maid-Servant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">Rachel's</a> <a href="/genesis/22-15.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/30-4.htm">Servant</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/30-10.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/30-10.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/genesis/35-22.htm">Bilhah</a> <a href="/genesis/30-10.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-10.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/30-8.htm">Child</a> <a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Conceiveth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Handmaid</a> <a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Maid</a> <a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Maidservant</a> <a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Maid-Servant</a> <a href="/genesis/31-33.htm">Rachel's</a> <a href="/genesis/30-12.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/30-10.htm">Servant</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-14.htm">Reuben finds mandrakes, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-15.htm">with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">Rachel bears Joseph.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-25.htm">Jacob desires to depart.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-27.htm">Laban detains him on a new agreement.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This practice is seen earlier with Sarah and Hagar in <a href="/genesis/16.htm">Genesis 16</a>. Rachel, desperate for children, follows this custom by giving her servant Bilhah to Jacob. The phrase "conceived again" indicates that this is not Bilhah's first child with Jacob, highlighting the ongoing struggle between Rachel and her sister Leah for Jacob's affection and the status of bearing children.<p><b>and bore Jacob a second son.</b><br>This second son born to Bilhah is named Naphtali, as mentioned in the following verses. The naming of Naphtali reflects Rachel's feelings of struggle and competition with her sister Leah, as she declares, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed" (<a href="/genesis/30-8.htm">Genesis 30:8</a>). This reflects the intense rivalry and personal anguish experienced by Rachel. The birth of Naphtali, like that of his brother Dan, contributes to the formation of the twelve tribes of Israel, which are foundational to the history and identity of the Israelite people. The narrative underscores the theme of God's sovereignty and the fulfillment of His promises through complex human relationships and cultural practices.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rachel.htm">Rachel</a></b><br>The beloved wife of Jacob, who was initially barren and gave her maid Bilhah to Jacob as a surrogate to bear children on her behalf.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bilhah.htm">Bilhah</a></b><br>Rachel's maidservant, given to Jacob as a concubine to bear children for Rachel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch, son of Isaac and Rebekah, who fathered the twelve tribes of Israel. He is the husband of Leah and Rachel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/second_son.htm">Second Son</a></b><br>This refers to Naphtali, the second son born to Jacob through Bilhah, Rachel's maid.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_complexity_of_human_relationships.htm">The Complexity of Human Relationships</a></b><br>The account of Rachel, Leah, and their maidservants illustrates the complexities and challenges in human relationships, especially within family dynamics. It reminds us to seek God's wisdom in navigating our own relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_practices_vs._god's_plan.htm">Cultural Practices vs. God's Plan</a></b><br>The use of maidservants to bear children reflects cultural practices of the time, but it also shows how human solutions can complicate God's plan. We should seek God's guidance rather than relying solely on cultural norms.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_family_matters.htm">God's Sovereignty in Family Matters</a></b><br>Despite human manipulation and rivalry, God remains sovereign and works through imperfect situations to fulfill His promises. This encourages us to trust in God's overarching plan for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_and_patience.htm">The Role of Faith and Patience</a></b><br>Rachel's account is a reminder of the importance of faith and patience in waiting for God's timing. We are encouraged to remain faithful and patient in our own lives, trusting that God hears our prayers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_envy_and_rivalry.htm">The Impact of Envy and Rivalry</a></b><br>The rivalry between Rachel and Leah led to tension and strife. This serves as a warning against envy and encourages us to cultivate contentment and gratitude for what God has given us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_naphtali_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Naphtali in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_tribe_of_naphtali_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Naphtali?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_the_7_lampstands_symbolize.htm">Who was Bilhah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/names_and_meanings_of_israel's_tribes.htm">What are the names and meanings of Israel's twelve tribes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7, 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,</span> literally, <span class="accented">wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister</span>, meaning, by "wrestlings of Elohim;" not great wrestlings in rivalry, with Leah (A.V. Vatablus, Ainsworth, Rosenmüller, Calvin), nor wrestlings in the cause of God, as being unwilling to leave the founding of the nation to her sister alone (Knobel), but wrestlings with God in prayer (Delitzsch, Lange, Murphy, Kalisch), wrestlings regarding Elohim and his grace (Hengstenberg, Keil), in which she at the same time contended with her sister, to whom apparently that grace had been hitherto restricted - <span class="cmt_word">and I have prevailed</span> (scarcely in the sense of achieving a victory over Leah, who had already borne four sons, but in the sense of drawing the Divine favor, though only indirectly, towards herself): <span class="cmt_word">and she called his name Naphtali</span> - i.e. "My Wrestling." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/30-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And Rachel’s</span><br /><span class="heb">רָחֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(rā·ḥêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7354.htm">Strong's 7354: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rachel -- a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">servant</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁפְחַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šip̄·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8198.htm">Strong's 8198: </a> </span><span class="str2">Maid, maidservant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bilhah</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְהָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bil·hāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1090.htm">Strong's 1090: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bilhah -- a concubine of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conceived</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֣הַר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2029.htm">Strong's 2029: </a> </span><span class="str2">To conceive, become pregnant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">again</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֔וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּ֕לֶד</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a second</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/30-7.htm">Genesis 30:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/30-7.htm">OT Law: Genesis 30:7 Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again and bore (Gen. 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