"Whydid the kneesreceiveme, And whythe breasts,that I should suck?
She said,"Hereis my maidBilhah,goin to her that she may bearon my knees,that throughher I toomay havechildren."
Josephsawthe thirdgeneration of Ephraim'ssons;alsothe sonsof Machir,the sonof Manasseh,were bornon Joseph'sknees.
"Whydid I not dieat birth,Comeforthfrom the womband expire?
"For nowI would have laindownand beenquiet;I would have sleptthen,I would have beenat rest,
For thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I extendpeaceto her like a river,And the gloryof the nationslike an overflowingstream;And you will be nursed,you will be carriedon the hipand fondledon the knees.
