Genesis 30 in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is a chapter that details the complex relationships and fertility struggles among Jacob, his wives Leah and Rachel, and their maidservants. This chapter is filled with various events, emotions, and incidents that contribute to the ongoing narrative of Jacob’s family.
In this chapter, Rachel, who had been barren, becomes envious of Leah’s ability to bear children and gives her maidservant Bilhah to Jacob as a wife. Bilhah bears two sons on Rachel’s behalf. Not to be outdone, Leah also gives her maidservant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife, and she too bears two sons.
Rachel later pleads with Jacob for a child and, eventually, she conceives and gives birth to Joseph. Meanwhile, Jacob and Laban, his father-in-law, negotiate a new agreement regarding their flocks.
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