Verse 5
Genesis 30:5
Bible in Basic English
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And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תַּ֣הַר בִּלְהָ֔ה וַ/תֵּ֥לֶד לְ/יַעֲקֹ֖ב בֵּֽן
English Translation
And Bilhah conceived and bore a son to Jacob.
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Chapter 30 Context
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Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If y...
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But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God (Elohim), who has kept your body...
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Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, an...
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So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
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Then Rachel said, God (Elohim) has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a...
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And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.
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And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the...
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When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her serv...
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And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.
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And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.
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And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.
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And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Ashe...
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Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his...
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But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you...
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In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to...
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And God (Elohim) gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.
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Then Leah said, God (Elohim) has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she...
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And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
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And she said, God (Elohim) has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband livin...
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After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.
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Then God (Elohim) gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
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And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God (Elohim) has taken away my shame.
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And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.
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Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
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Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have kno...
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And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lor...
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Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.
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Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my...
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For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a bl...
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And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again tak...
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Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or...
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And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any...
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And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
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So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were...
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And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.
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Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in ban...
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And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they beca...
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And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
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These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's...
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And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them...
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But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks w...
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So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and...
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