Genesis 30:4
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And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

to wife.

Genesis 16:3 She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.

Genesis 21:10 Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

Genesis 22:24 And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.

Genesis 25:1,6 And Abraham married another wife named Cetura: . . .

Genesis 33:2 And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

Genesis 35:22 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.

2 Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Context
Dan and Naphtali
3But 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. 4And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,5When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.…
Cross References
Genesis 16:2
She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

Genesis 16:3
She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.

Genesis 16:4
And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.

Genesis 30:5
When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.

Lexicon
So Rachel gave
וַתִּתֶּן־ (wat·tit·ten-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

[Jacob]
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

her servant
שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: Maid, maidservant

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

as his wife,
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (lə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and [he]
יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

slept with
וַיָּבֹ֥א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

her,
אֵלֶ֖יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to


Additional Translations
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as his wife, and he slept with her,And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in to her.

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.

And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.

She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
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