Genesis 30:7
in Genesis 30And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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ASV
And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
KJV
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
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This verse in Genesis 30
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
God has vindicated me
on Genesis 30:6-8
Rachel names the first son Dan, and the second Naphtali, her word for wrestling. The same verb meets Jacob at the Jabbok in 32:28, where he has struggled with God and with men and prevailed. The struggle in the tent runs ahead of the struggle at the ford.
This site's exposition
bore Jacob a second son
Rachel's side now counts two sons against Leah's four. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown traced the sisters' anxiety for children to the hope of bearing the promised seed. The race for sons is a race for a place in that promise.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 7 and 8) And she conceived again, and bore a son. And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Naphtali. The meaning of the name Naphtali is explained differently here than it is written in the Book of Hebrew Names. Hence also Aquila says, 'God has joined me, and I have joined together,' which in Hebrew is written Naphtule Elohim, Naphtalethi. From the conversion or from the comparison, since both signify conversion or comparison, he named the son Nephthalim. But what follows.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again,.... Soon after the birth of her first child: and bare Jacob a second son; this was his sixth son, but the second by Bilhah.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Zilpah--Following the example of Sarah with regard to Hagar, an example which is not seldom imitated still, she adopted the children of her maid. Leah took the same course.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתַּ֣הַר | vatahar | and she conceived | H2029 → | 43 times |
| ע֔וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וַתֵּ֕לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בִּלְהָ֖ה | bilhah | Bilhah | H1090 → | 11 times |
| שִׁפְחַ֣ת | shifchat | [the] maidservant of | H8198 → | 63 times |
| רָחֵ֑ל | rachel | Rachel | H7354 → | 47 times |
| בֵּ֥ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֵׁנִ֖י | sheni | second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ | leyaako | to Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
וַתַּ֣הַרand she conceived
vataharH2029 →43 times
ע֔וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
וַתֵּ֕לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
בִּלְהָ֖הBilhah
bilhahH1090 →11 times
שִׁפְחַ֣ת[the] maidservant of
shifchatH8198 →63 times
רָחֵ֑לRachel
rachelH7354 →47 times
בֵּ֥ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
שֵׁנִ֖יsecond
sheniH8145 →156 times
לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃to Jacob
leyaakoH3290 →350 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).