Handmaids

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

• Concubinage

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

• Parents

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

• Servant

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

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

• Mary
• Obedience

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.