Genesis 29:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Gave to Rachel ... 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.

Genesis 29:29

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