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Genesis 30:3-6

3Then she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559, “Hereהִנֵּ֛הhi.NehH2009is my maidservantאֲמָתִ֥י'a.ma.TiH519Bilhahבִלְהָ֖הvil.HahH1090.Sleep withבֹּ֣אbo'H935herאֵלֶ֑יהָ'e.Lei.haH413,that she may bear childrenוְתֵלֵד֙ve.te.LedH3205for meעַל־ בִּרְכַּ֔י'al- bir.KaiH5921 H1290,so that through herמִמֶּֽנָּה׃mi.Me.nahH4480Iאָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiH595tooגַם־gam-H1571can build a familyוְאִבָּנֶ֥הve.'i.ba.NehH1129.”

4So Rachel gaveוַתִּתֶּן־va.ti.ten-H5414Jacobאֶת־'et-H853her servantשִׁפְחָתָ֖הּshif.cha.TahH8198Bilhahבִּלְהָ֥הbil.HahH1090as a wifeלְאִשָּׁ֑הle.'i.ShahH802,andיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290heslept withוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935herאֵלֶ֖יהָ'e.Lei.haH413,

5and Bilhahבִּלְהָ֔הbil.HahH1090conceivedוַתַּ֣הַרva.Ta.harH2029and boreוַתֵּ֥לֶדva.Te.ledH3205himלְיַעֲקֹ֖בle.ya.'a.KoH3290a sonבֵּֽן׃BenH1121.

6Then Rachelרָחֵל֙ra.ChelH7354saidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559, “Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430has vindicated meדָּנַ֣נִּיda.Na.niH1777וְגַם֙ve.GamH1571;He has heardשָׁמַ֣עsha.Ma'H8085my pleaבְּקֹלִ֔יbe.ko.LiH6963and givenוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414mea sonבֵּ֑ן עַל־ כֵּ֛ןBen 'al- kenH1121 H5921 H3651.”So she named himקָרְאָ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹka.re.'Ah she.MoH7121 H8034Danדָּֽן׃DanH1835.

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