Genesis 29:29
New International Version
Laban gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her attendant.

New Living Translation
(Laban gave Rachel a servant, Bilhah, to be her maid.)

English Standard Version
(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

Berean Standard Bible
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

King James Bible
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

New King James Version
And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid.

New American Standard Bible
Laban also gave his female slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.

NASB 1995
Laban also gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.

NASB 1977
Laban also gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.

Legacy Standard Bible
Laban also gave his servant-woman Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her servant-woman.

Amplified Bible
Laban also gave Bilhah his maid to his daughter Rachel as a maid.

Christian Standard Bible
And Laban gave his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Laban gave his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.

American Standard Version
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Laban gave to his daughter Rakhyl, Balha, his Handmaid, for a Maidservant.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Laban gave to his daughter his handmaid Balla, for a handmaid to her.

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

English Revised Version
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(Laban had given his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.)

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

International Standard Version
Laban also gave his woman servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her maidservant.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

Literal Standard Version
and Laban gives his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel for a maidservant for her.

Majority Standard Bible
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

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

NET Bible
(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

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

New Heart English Bible
Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his female servant, to be her servant.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid.

World English Bible
Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.

Young's Literal Translation
and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

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Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant. 30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.…

Cross References
Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week's celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

Genesis 29:30
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Genesis 46:25
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel--seven in all.


Treasury of Scripture

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Bilhah.

Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

Genesis 30:3-8
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her…

Genesis 35:22,25
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: …

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Genesis 29
1. Jacob comes to the well of Haran.
9. He becomes acquainted with Rachel.
13. Laban entertains him.
18. Jacob covenants for Rachel.
23. He is deceived by Laban with Leah.
28. He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more.
32. Leah bears Reuben;
33. Simeon;
34. Levi;
35. and Judah.














Verse 29. - And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah - "Bashful," "Modest" (Gesenius) - his handmaid to be her maid.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Laban also
לָבָן֙ (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

gave
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

his servant girl
שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant

Bilhah
בִּלְהָ֖ה (bil·hāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1090: Bilhah -- a concubine of Jacob

to his daughter
בִּתּ֔וֹ (bit·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

Rachel
לְרָחֵ֣ל (lə·rā·ḥêl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

as her
לָ֖הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

maidservant.
לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃ (lə·šip̄·ḥāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant


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