Genesis 29:29
Strong's Lexicon
Laban also
לָבָן֙ (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban = 'white' n pr m 1) son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel n pr loc 2) a wilderness encampment of the Israelites

gave
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

his servant girl
שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)

Bilhah
בִּלְהָ֖ה (bil·hāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1090: Bilhah = 'troubled' n pr f 1) Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali n prloc 2) a city in Simeon

to his daughter
בִּתּ֔וֹ (bit·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: n f 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address n pr f 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Rachel
לְרָחֵ֣ל (lə·rā·ḥêl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7354: Rachel = 'ewe' 1) daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

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

maidservant.
לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃ (lə·šip̄·ḥāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
















Cross References
Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

Genesis 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Genesis 46:25
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 29:27
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Genesis 29:26
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
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