Genesis 29:29
Good News Translation
Laban gave his slave woman Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.)

New Revised Standard Version
(Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her maid.)

New American Bible
Laban assigned his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To whom her father gave Bala, for her servant.

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To whom her father gave Bala, for her servant.

Bilhah.

Genesis 29:24 Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom, when morning was come he saw it was Lia.

Genesis 30:3-8 But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her. . . .

Genesis 35:22,25 And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. . . .

Genesis 37:2 And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.

Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
28He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel: 29To whom her father gave Bala, for her servant.30And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:28
He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel:

Genesis 29:30
And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

Genesis 46:25
These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.

Genesis 29:28
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