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Genesis 30:2-4
English Standard Version
Genesis 30:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, (A)who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant (B)Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth (C)on my behalf,[a] that even I may have children[b] through her.” 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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- Genesis 30:3 Hebrew on my knees
- Genesis 30:3 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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