When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 30:3 - English Standard Version 2016 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.” Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah 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—seven persons in all.
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own.
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
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 act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,