Genesis 30:3

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.

Cross References

Genesis 50:23

After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Job 3:12

Why received upon the knees? Why suckled at the breasts?

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses. The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem.

Genesis 30:9

Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.

Genesis 46:25

These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob. All the souls, seven.