Chapter 30
Genesis 30:3
RBT Hebrew Literal:
And she is saying, `Behold, my slavewoman Troubled, come in toward her, and she is bearing upon my knees, and I may be built up, also myself, from her manna.`
RBT Paraphrase:
And she is saying, "Behold! the slavewoman of myself, Troubled, come in toward herself! And she is bearing upon the knees of myself, and I, also myself, am being built up from out of the manna of herself!"
And she is saying, "Behold! the slavewoman of myself, Troubled, come in toward herself! And she is bearing upon the knees of myself, and I, also myself, am being built up from out of the manna of herself!"
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And she will say, Behold my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bring forth upon my knees, and I also shall be built from her.
And she will say, Behold my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bring forth upon my knees, and I also shall be built from her.
LITV Translation:
And she said, Behold my servant Bilhah! Go in to her and let her bear on my knees; yea, let me be built up from her, me also.
And she said, Behold my servant Bilhah! Go in to her and let her bear on my knees; yea, let me be built up from her, me also.
ESV Translation:
Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.”
Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.
And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.