Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear on my knees, that I may also have children by her.
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph's knees.
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
For thus said the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall you suck, you shall be borne on her sides, and be dandled on her knees.