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Genesis 30:3

World English Bible

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.”

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Genesis 30:3 in other translations

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.

Genesis 30:3 · American Standard Version

Genesis 30:3 in context

  1. 1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
  2. 2Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
  3. 3She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
  4. 4She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
  5. 5Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.