Genesis 30:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees and that I too may have children through her.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And she said, See here, take my maid Bilhah and have intercourse with her; and [when the baby comes] she shall deliver it upon my knees, that I by her may also have children.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

She said, “Here’s my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her, and she will give birth for me. Because of her, I will also have children.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

But she said: "I have a handmaid Bilhah. Go in to her, so that she may give birth upon my knees, and I may have sons by her."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But she said: I have here my servant Bala. Go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.

Genesis 30:3 Cross References

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 46:25

These are the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all.

Genesis 50:23

Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children of Machir son of Manasseh were also born on Joseph’s knees.

Job 3:12

Why were there knees to receive me or breasts for me to suck?

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;