Genesis 30:5

5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

Genesis 30:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:5

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
] This was so far countenanced by the Lord, that he blessed her with conception, and Jacob with a son by her.

Genesis 30:5 In-Context

3 Then she said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees and that I too may have children through her."
4 So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
6 Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son"; therefore she named him Dan.
7 Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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