Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has (A)withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” Then she said, “(B)Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may (C)give birth [a]on my knees, so that [b](D)by her I too may obtain a child.” So (E)she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:3 I.e., Prob. referring to a ritual of adoption
  2. Genesis 30:3 Lit from her I too may be built

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