When Le'ah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Ya`akov as a wife.
Genesis 30:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) She said, *Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she said, See here, take my maid Bilhah and have intercourse with her; and [when the baby comes] she shall deliver it upon my knees, that I by her may also have children. American Standard Version (1901) And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her. Common English Bible She said, “Here’s my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her, and she will give birth for me. Because of her, I will also have children.” Catholic Public Domain Version But she said: "I have a handmaid Bilhah. Go in to her, so that she may give birth upon my knees, and I may have sons by her." 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. |
When Le'ah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Ya`akov as a wife.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Lavan gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Ya`akov: all the souls were seven.
Yosef saw Efrayim's children to the third generation. The children also of Makhir, the son of Menasheh, were born on Yosef's knees.
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Le'ah, which two built the house of Yisra'el: and do you worthily in Efratah, and be famous in Beit-Lechem: