Genesis - 29:29



29 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 29:29.

Differing Translations

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And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
To whom her father gave Bala for her servant.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah, his maidservant, to be her maidservant.
and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.
And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.
To her, the father had given Bilhah as her servant.
Et dedit Laban Rachel filiae suae Bilhah ancillam suam in ancillam.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. As he had given Leah an handmaid he gave Rachel another; and this in the Targum of Jonathan is said to be a daughter of Laban by a concubine also, as the former.

gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah to be her maid--A father in good circumstances still gives his daughter from his household a female slave, over whom the young wife, independently of her husband, has the absolute control.

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