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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ותתן לו את בלהה שפחתה לאשה ויבא אליה יעקב
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vttn lv At blhh SHpKHth lASHh vybA Alyh y`qb

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
deditque illi Balam in coniugium quae

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in to her.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as his wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
New King James Version   
Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
21st Century King James Version   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for a wife; and Jacob went in unto her.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Darby Bible Translation   
And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
God's Word   
So she gave him her slave Bilhah as his wife, and Jacob slept with her.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
International Standard Version   
So Rachel gave Jacob her woman servant Bilhah to be his wife, and Jacob had sex with her.
NET Bible   
So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
New American Standard Bible   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
New International Version   
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,
New Living Translation   
So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.
The World English Bible   
She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
EasyEnglish Bible   
So Rachel gave her servant Bilhah to Jacob to become his wife.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
New Life Version   
So she gave Bilhah to him for a wife, the woman who served her. And Jacob went in to her.
The Voice Bible   
So she gave Jacob her servant Bilhah to be another one of his wives, and Jacob slept with her.
Living Bible   
So she gave him Bilhah to be his wife, and he slept with her,
New Catholic Bible   
She gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So she gave him her servant-woman Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.
Christian Standard Bible   
So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.
New Century Version   
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a wife, and he had sexual relations with her.
The Message   
Rachel said, “Here’s my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her. Let her substitute for me so I can have a child through her and build a family.” So she gave him her maid Bilhah for a wife and Jacob slept with her. Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
So she gave her servant girl Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he went to her.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
Good News Translation®   
So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her.
Wycliffe Bible   
And she gave to him Bilhah into matrimony; and when her husband had entered [in] to her,
Contemporary English Version   
Then Rachel let Jacob marry Bilhah,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
Common English Bible © 2011   
So Rachel gave her servant Bilhah to Jacob as his wife, and he slept with her.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.
New American Standard Bible   
So she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.
The Expanded Bible   
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a ·wife [or concubine], and he ·had sexual relations with [L went to] her.
Tree of Life Version   
Then she gave her maid-servant Bilhah to him for a wife, and Jacob went to her.
Revised Standard Version   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
New International Reader's Version   
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her.
BRG Bible   
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Complete Jewish Bible   
So she gave him Bilhah her slave-girl as his wife, and Ya‘akov went in and slept with her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And she gave him Bilhah her shifchah (slave woman, maidservant) as isha; and Ya’akov went in unto her.
Names of God Bible   
So she gave him her slave Bilhah as his wife, and Jacob slept with her.
Modern English Version   
So she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. He had sexual relations with Bilhah.
International Children’s Bible   
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a wife. And he had physical relations with her.
Lexham English Bible   
Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her
New International Version - UK   
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,