1 Now when Rachel saw that ashe bore Jacob no children, Rachel benvied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, cor else I die!”
2 And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, a“Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3 So she said, “Here is amy maid Bilhah; go in to her, band she will bear a child on my knees, cthat I also may have children by her.”
4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid aas wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 30:3.
Genesis 30:1-3
That is exactly what Sarah did. Again, records that have been dug up indicate that this was a very widely-accepted practice. I tried to find out what this means, “and she will bear a child on my knees.” Well, the indication is that as part of the legal process of making the child legally the mistress of the house and not the handmaiden. When the handmaiden was delivering the baby, she actually had to be sitting on the mistresses lap. It almost gives the appearance that the baby was coming from the mistress.
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