New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 30:3-4

3Then she said, “1Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may 2give birth 3on my knees, so that 4 5by her I too may obtain a child.”

4So 6she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.

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Notes

1. Genesis 30:3 Gen 16:2 ↩
2. Genesis 30:3 Gen 50:23; Job 3:12 ↩
3. Genesis 30:3 I.e., prob. referring to a ritual of adoption ↩
4. Genesis 30:3 Lit from her I too may be built ↩
5. Genesis 30:3 Gen 16:2 ↩
6. Genesis 30:4 Gen 16:3, 4 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 30

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Calvin’s Commentaries
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings