She said,"Hereis my maidBilhah,goin to her that she may bearon my knees,that throughher I toomay havechildren."
When Leahsawthat she had stoppedbearing,she tookher maidZilpahand gaveher to Jacobas a wife.
Theseare the sonsof Bilhah,whomLabangaveto his daughterRachel,and she boretheseto Jacob;[there were] sevenpersonsin all.
Josephsawthe thirdgeneration of Ephraim'ssons;alsothe sonsof Machir,the sonof Manasseh,were bornon Joseph'sknees.
"Whydid the kneesreceiveme, And whythe breasts,that I should suck?
Allthe peoplewhowere in the court,and the elders,said,"[We are] witnesses.May the LORDmakethe womanwho is cominginto your homelike Racheland Leah,bothof whombuiltthe houseof Israel;and may you achievewealthin Ephrathahand becomefamousin Bethlehem.
