When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 30:3 - Y'all Version Bible She said, “Here is 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 Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
Then the elders and everyone at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May YHWH make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.