Genesis 29:29

29 (Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.)

Genesis 29:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:29

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to
be her maid.
] As he had given Leah an handmaid he gave Rachel another; and this in the Targum of Jonathan is said to be a daughter of Laban by a concubine also, as the former.

Genesis 29:29 In-Context

27 Enjoy your week of honeymoon, and then we'll give you the other one also. But it will cost you another seven years of work."
28 Jacob agreed. When he'd completed the honeymoon week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
29 (Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.)
30 Jacob then slept with her. And he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another seven years.
31 When God realized that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
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