Gênesis 30:4

4 Assim lhe deu a Bila, sua serva, por mulher; e Jacó a conheceu.

Gênesis 30:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:4

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid
To be enjoyed as a wife, though she was no other than a concubine; yet such were sometimes called wives, and were secondary ones, and were under the proper lawful wife, nor did their children inherit; but those which Jacob had by his wives' maids did inherit with the rest: and Jacob went in unto her;
consenting to what Rachel his wife proposed to him: having concubines, as well as more wives than one, were not thought criminal in those times, and were suffered of God, and in this case for the multiplication of Jacob's seed; and perhaps he might the more readily comply with the motion of his wife, from the example of his grandfather Abraham, who took Hagar to wife at the instance of Sarah.

Gênesis 30:4 In-Context

2 Então se acendeu a ira de Jacó contra Raquel; e disse: Porventura estou eu no lugar de Deus que te impediu o fruto do ventre?

3 Respondeu ela: Eis aqui minha serva Bila; recebe-a por mulher, para que ela dê � luz sobre os meus joelhos, e eu deste modo tenha filhos por ela.

4 Assim lhe deu a Bila, sua serva, por mulher; e Jacó a conheceu.

5 Bila concebeu e deu � luz um filho a Jacó.

6 Então disse Raquel: Julgou-me Deus; ouviu a minha voz e me deu um filho; pelo que lhe chamou Dã.