3 Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.” 4 So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her, 5 and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
Genesis 30:3–5
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Genesis 29:28–30
28 And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant. 30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more…
Book of Jubilees 28:16–18
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Genesis 30:9–11
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
Testament of Naphtali 1:11–13
11 And he was taken captive and was bought by Laban; and he gave him Euna his handmaid to wife, and she bore a daughter, and called her name Zilpah, after the name of the village in which he had been taken captive. (T12) 12 And next she bore Bilhah, saying: My daughter ha… (T12)
Genesis 29:23–25
23 But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her. 24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant. 25 When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban.…
Book of Jubilees 44:26–28
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Testament of Issachar 1:6–8
6 Now these mandrakes were sweet-smelling apples which were produced in the land of Haran below a ravine of water. (T12) 7 And Rachel said: I will not give them to thee, but they shall be to me instead of children. (T12) 8 For the Lord hath despised me, and I have not borne chil… (T12)
Genesis 35:24–26
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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