The Meaning of Genesis 30:7 Explained

Genesis 30:7

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

YLT: And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

Darby: And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.

ASV: And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

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What is the context of Genesis 30:7?

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

What does Genesis 30:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 30:1-24 - Sons Born To Jacob

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 made in the nursery, and we are very much what our mothers have made us in the formative years. An old Spanish proverb says, "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." Leah's influence on her boys, as judged by their subsequent life, was anything but healthy; yet with Jacob being the man he was, there was poor chance for them to realize the highest ideals. Rachel's anguish of heart led her to earnest prayer. Compare Genesis 30:1; Genesis 30:22. Wait on God, oh, anguished ones: ye shall surely have reason to praise him. Was it not worth waiting for, to bear a Joseph, whose branches were to run over the wall in blessing? There are more compensations in life than we think for. If Rachel had her husband's love, Leah had a large family of boys. In the saddest lives there are glints of sunshine. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 30

¹ Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob
⁵ Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali
⁹ Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher
¹⁴ Reuben finds mandrakes,
¹⁵ with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel
¹⁷ Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah
²² Rachel bears Joseph
²⁵ Jacob desires to depart
²⁷ Laban detains him on a new agreement
³⁷ Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich

What do the individual words in Genesis 30:7 mean?

And conceived again and bore Bilhah maidservant of Rachel a son second to Jacob

וַתַּ֣הַר ע֔וֹד וַתֵּ֕לֶד בִּלְהָ֖ה שִׁפְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֑ל בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב

וַתַּ֣הַר	And conceived
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: הֹור Sense: to conceive, become pregnant, bear, be with child, be conceived, progenitor.
ע֔וֹד	again
Parse: Adverb Root: עֹוד Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
וַתֵּ֕לֶד	and bore
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בִּלְהָ֖ה	Bilhah
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: בִּלְהָה Sense: Rachel’s handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob’s children, Dan and Naphtali.
שִׁפְחַ֣ת	maidservant
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: שִׁפְחָה Sense: maid, maid-servant, slavegirl.
רָחֵ֑ל	of Rachel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: רָחֵל Sense: daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
בֵּ֥ן	a son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שֵׁנִ֖י	second
Parse: Number, ordinal masculine singular Root: שֵׁנִי Sense: second.
לְיַעֲקֹֽב	to Jacob
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.

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