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And Jacob became very angry with Rachel and he said, Am I in God’s stead, Who has denied you children?

And she said, See here, take my maid Bilhah and have intercourse with her; and [when the baby comes] she shall deliver it upon my knees, that I by her may also have children.

And she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.

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Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(A) who has kept you from having children?”(B)

Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,(C) my servant.(D) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”(E)

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(F) Jacob slept with her,(G)

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