Genesis 30:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. ”

Genesis 30:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād , “in victory or”...
Genesis 30:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my (b) knees, that I may also have children by her. (b) I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were my own...
Genesis 30:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ; Genesis 30:9-13 is from J, Genesis 30:1-6 ; G...
Genesis 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bilhah. This was strictly in accordance with the Code of Khammurabi, 145. See App-15. Compare Genesis 29:29 . have children. Hebrew be builded up. See note above, and Compare Genesis 16:1-3 ....
Genesis 30:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Behold my maid Bilhah. Here the vanity of the female disposition appears. For Rachel is not induced to flee unto the Lord, but strives to gain a triumph by illicit arts. Therefore she hurr...
Genesis 30:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. She shall bear upon my knees - The handmaid was the sole property of the m...
Genesis 30:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold my maid, &c.— Struck with the force of her husband's reproof, she bethought herself of the usual way, at that time, for women in her case to become mothers: to which end she gave Bilhah...
Genesis 30:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 30:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25 . Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength...
Genesis 30:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 30:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is...
Genesis 30:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people liv...
Genesis 30:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 127:3 ; 1 Samuel 1:6 Sad perversion of the original appointment of God! Genesis 2:24 ; Matthew 19:5 . " Be built up by her." Hebrews
Genesis 30:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she said ,.... in order to pacify Jacob, and explain her meaning to him; which was, not that she thought it was in his power to make her the mother of children, but that he would think of some w...
Genesis 30:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. Ver. 3. Behold my maid Bilhah. ] Given her by her father on purpose, it...
Genesis 30:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold my maid Bilhah She will rather have children by reputation than none at all; children that she can call her own, though they be not so. But had she not considered her sister as her rival, an...
Genesis 30:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's w...
Genesis 30:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Increase of Jacob's Family. B. C. 1745. 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no chi...
Genesis 30:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She shall bear upon my knees; an ellipsis or short speech; She shall bear a child which may be laid upon my knees, or in my lap, which I may adopt and bring up as if it were my own. See Genesi...
Genesis 30:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And she said, “See my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees and I also may obtain children by her.” And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as a wife and Jacob went in to her.' “Go...
Genesis 30:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:1 . Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as good as dead. An old Jewish proverb says, “The chi...
Genesis 30:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his ow...
Genesis 30:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rachel envied her sister. Rachel’s impatience I. IT WAS UNGODLY. 1. She was the victim of unholy passions. Envy and jealousy. 2. She took a despairing view of life. 3. She failed right...
Genesis 30:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw (apparently after, though probably before, the birth of Leah's fourth son) that she bare Jacob no children (literally, that she bare not to...
Genesis 30:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah
Genesis 30:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold. Genesis 30:9 Genesis 16:2 Genesis 16:3 she shall. Genesis 50:23 Job 3:12 have children by her. Heb. be built up by her. Genesis 16:2 Ruth 4:11
Genesis 30:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Behold my maid, Bilhah — At the persuasion of Rachel he took Bilhah her handmaid to wife, that, according to the usage of those times, his children by her might be adopted and owned as her mistress...

Genesis 30:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 30:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 30:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 30:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 30:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 30:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 30:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 30:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 30:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 30:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 30:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 30:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes