Genesis 30:4 meaning and explanation
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
Genesis 30:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Rachel, childless and desperate, takes the initiative her husband will not. Having just cried out that she will die without children, she gives her maidservant Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, echoing Sarah's earlier arrangement with Hagar in Genesis 16.
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