“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.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 30 contains 43 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.