Genesis 30:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ And she said, “See, my female servant Bilhah; go in to her, and let her bear for me, and let me be built up from her as well.”

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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."

Genesis 30:3 Cross References

Genesis 30:9

And Lĕ

Genesis 46:25

These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laḇ

Genesis 50:23

And Yosĕ

Job 3:12

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

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “Witnesses! יהוה  make the woman who is coming to your house as Raḥ