Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 30:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
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Role in This Section
Bilhah conceives and bears Jacob a son. This brief birth report completes the action begun by Rachel's proposal and prepares Rachel's naming speech.
Read It With
- Genesis 29:31–30:24
Read verses 3–6 together. Verse 3 states Rachel's plan, verse 4 records Bilhah's transfer and intercourse, verse 5 reports Bilhah's pregnancy and birth, and verse 6 gives Rachel's interpretation and the name Dan. Verse 5 does not explain Bilhah's consent or Rachel's claim by itself.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a narrative link between the household arrangement and Rachel's naming speech; it does not independently evaluate the arrangement or supply Bilhah's perspective.
Read Genesis 30:1–6 together
Why these verses belong together: Rachel's distress, Jacob's reply, the Bilhah arrangement, the first birth, and Dan's naming form one movement.
Verse 1. 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Verse 2. 2 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?
Verse 3. 3 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.
Verse 4. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Verse 5. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Verse 6. 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 29:31–30:24 — God Builds Jacob's Family Amid RivalrySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? very strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, unit boundary, birth sequence, name speeches, household relationships, later birth-mother identification, and forward family movement.
Exact location: Genesis 29:31–30:24 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 29:15–30; 30:25–43; 33:1–7; 35:23–26; 37:2; and 49
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew wording, literary repetitions, wordplays, textual difficulty, speaker distinctions, and lexical uncertainty.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 29:31–30:24; wording and morphology for hated, saw, heard, knees, built, judged, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, mandrakes, hired, Issachar, Zebulun, remembered, reproach, removed, and added
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