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Genesis 30:4

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

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וַתִּתֶּןvatitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…ל֛וֹlvotoל֛וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toאֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בִּלְהָ֥הbilhahBilhahבִּלְהָהnoun, proper name — “Bilhah”H1090Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in PalestineBilhah.שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּshifchatahmaidשִׁפְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “maid”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8198a female slave (as a member of the household)(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.לְאִשָּׁ֑הleishahto eachאִשָּׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וַיָּבֹ֥אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֵלֶ֖יהָeleyhaamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).יַעֲקֹֽבyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Βαλλὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς, αὐτῷ γυναῖκα· καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ.