When Leah saw that she had quit bearing, she took her slave woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob to wife.
Genesis 30:3 - Modern King James Version And she said, Behold my slave woman Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and yea, let me be built up from her, me also. 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 Leah saw that she had quit bearing, she took her slave woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob to wife.
These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob. All the souls were seven.
And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons of the third generation. Also the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.
Why did the knees go before me; or why the breasts, that I should suck?
And all the people in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, for these two built the house of Israel. And may you be blessed in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem.