Bible Cross References
his two wives
Genesis 29:21-35
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And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage feast.
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And so it was, that he took his daughter Leah, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.
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And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah, as a maid for her.
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So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? And why have you deceived me?
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And Laban answered, It is not done thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder.
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Fulfill then her week, and I will give her to you also in return for your service, which you serve with me, yet seven other years.
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.
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And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter as a maid to her.
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And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Leah; and he served him seven other years.
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And when the Lord God saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name Reuben, saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.
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And she conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob; and she said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, He has given to me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.
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And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi.
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And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Judah; and ceased bearing.
Genesis 30:1-24
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And Rachel, having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.
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And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?
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And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.
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And she gave him Bilhah her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
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And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and heard my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.
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And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
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And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
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And Leah saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
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And Zilpah Leah's maid conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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And Leah said, It is happily: and she called his name Gad.
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And Zilpah Leah's maid conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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And Leah said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name Asher.
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And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, Give me [some] of your son's mandrakes.
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And Leah said, [Is it] not enough for you that you have taken my husband, will you also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
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And Jacob came in out of the field in the evening; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
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And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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And Leah said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.
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And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
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And Leah said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name Dinah.
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And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and He opened her womb.
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And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
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And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
Genesis 35:18
And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Genesis 35:22-26
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[ 35:21] And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. [ 35:22] Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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The sons of Leah [were] Reuben, Jacob's firstborn; Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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And the sons of Rachel [were] Joseph and Benjamin.
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And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, [were] Dan and Naphtali.
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And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, [were] Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his [own] house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
the ford Jabbok
Deuteronomy 2:37
Only we did not draw near to the children of Ammon, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jabbok, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God commanded us.
Deuteronomy 3:16
And to Reuben and to Gad I gave [the land] under Gilead as far as the brook of Arnon, the border between the brook and as far as Jabbok; the brook [is] the border to the children of Ammon.
Joshua 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, on the side of the valley, and half of Gilead as far as Jabbok, the borders of the children of Ammon.