Genesis 30:3

Revised Standard Version CI

Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and even I may have children through her.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 46:25

(these are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all).

Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

Job 3:12

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

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were 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, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem;