Genesis 30:7

7 Rachel's maid Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.

Genesis 30:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:7

And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again
Soon after the birth of her first child: and bare Jacob a second son;
this was his sixth son, but the second by Bilhah.

Genesis 30:7 In-Context

5 Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
6 Rachel said, "God took my side and vindicated me. He listened to me and gave me a son." She named him Dan (Vindication).
7 Rachel's maid Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.
8 Rachel said, "I've been in an all-out fight with my sister - and I've won." So she named him Naphtali (Fight).
9 When Leah saw that she wasn't having any more children, she gave her maid Zilpah to Jacob for a wife.
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