KJV ORIGINAL
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And Bilhah, Rachel's servant, became pregnant again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse tells us that Bilhah, who was serving as a surrogate mother for Rachel, had another baby boy with Jacob.
📚 Historical Context
In ancient Near Eastern culture, when a wife couldn't have children, she could give her servant to her husband to bear children on her behalf - these children would legally belong to the wife. Rachel had given her maidservant Bilhah to Jacob because Rachel was struggling with infertility and was competing with her sister Leah, Jacob's other wife, who had already had several sons.
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