Genesis 30:3
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
Note Literally bear children on my knees
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Note have…: Heb. be built by her
She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Behold
- Genesis 30:9; Genesis 16:2, 3
- she shall
- Genesis 50:23; Job 3:12
- have children by her
- Heb. be built up by her.
- Genesis 16:2; Ruth 4:11