Genesis 30:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

0 And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,

Genesis 46:25

6 All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

Genesis 50:23

5 And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, Carry my bones with you out of this place:

Job 3:12

7 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

Ruth 4:11

6 And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.