Genesis 30:3

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.

Cross References

Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph's knees.

Job 3:12

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

Ruth 4:11

And all the people at the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the household of Israel. May you do worthily and get wealth (power) in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem.

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she gave Zilpah her maid to Jacob as a [secondary] wife.

Genesis 46:25

These are the sons of Bilhah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. And she bore these to Jacob–seven persons in all.