Genesis 30:3

New American Bible - revised edition

She replied, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Have intercourse with her, and let her give birth on my knees, so that I too may have children through her.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as wife.

Genesis 46:25

These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel; these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all.

Genesis 50:23

He saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation, and the children of Manasseh’s son Machir were also born on Joseph’s knees. Death of Joseph.

Job 3:12

Why did knees receive me, or breasts nurse me?

Ruth 4:11

All those at the gate, including the elders, said, “We do. May the Lord make this woman come into your house like Rachel and Leah, who between them built up the house of Israel. Prosper in Ephrathah! Bestow a name in Bethlehem!