Genesis 30:3-4

New American Standard Bible

³Then she said, “^(A)Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may ^(B)give birth ^[a]on my knees, so that ^[b]^(C)by her I too may obtain a child.” ⁴So ^(D)she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.

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Footnotes

Genesis 30:3 I.e., Prob. referring to a ritual of adoption
Genesis 30:3 Lit from her I too may be built

Genesis 30:3-4

New International Version

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

⁴So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.^(D) Jacob slept with her,^(E)

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