As her ancestress Sarah did with Hagar, Rachel brings her maidservant Bilhah and offers her to Jacob as a secondary wife in order that, as Rachel says, “I, even I, may get children from her. ”
Nagu tema esiema Saara oli toiminud Haagariga, nii toob ka Raahel oma orjatari Billa ja pakub teda Jaakobile liignaiseks, et „minagi saaksin nõnda temalt järglasi ”.