Genesis 30:3

3Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”

3Then she said, “Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may give birth 30:3 I.e., prob. referring to a ritual of adoptionon my knees, so that 30:3 Lit from her I too may be builtby her I too may obtain a child.”

3She said, “Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children.”

3She said, “Here, take my maid Bilhah and go in to her; and [when the baby comes] she shall 30:3 This ritual symbolized that the wife was providing the child for her husband through a surrogate mother.deliver it [while sitting] on my knees, so that by her I may also have children [to count as my own].”

3Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me,30:3 Literally bear children on my knees so that through her I too can build a family.”

3Then she said, “Here’s my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she can have children for me. Then I too can have a family through her.”