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NASB					Gen 30:3 She said⁵⁵⁹, "^AHere²⁰⁰⁹ is my maid⁵¹⁹ Bilhah^1090a, go⁹³⁵ in to her that she may ^Bbear³²⁰⁵ on my knees¹²⁹⁰, that ¹ ^Athrough⁴⁴⁸⁰ her I too¹⁵⁷¹ may have¹¹²⁹ children¹¹²⁹."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 30:3 She said, "Here, take my maid Bilhah and go in to her; and [when the baby comes] she shall ¹deliver it [while sitting] on my knees, so that by her I may also have children [to count as my own]."

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Lit from her I too may be built

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This ritual symbolized that the wife was providing the child for her husband through a surrogate mother.

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Gen 16:2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Gen 50:23 Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.

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Greek Heb.

519

amah (51a); of unc. der.; a maid, handmaid:--female(15), female servant(4), female slave(2), handmaid(2), handmaids(1), maid(8), maids(5), maidservant(19), servant*(1), servants*(6), slave*(4), slaves*(4).

559

amar (55c); a prim. root; to utter, say:--address(1), advised(1), answer(2), answered(50), answers(1), ask(2), asked(4), asking(1), Asserting(1), assigned(1), call(2), called(4), command(1), commanded(14), commanded to say(1), commands(3), consider(1), continued(2), decided(2), declare*(1), declared(2), declared*(1), declares(1), demonstrates(1), designate(1), desired(1), follows(2), gave an order(2), gave the order(2), gave orders(2), indeed say(1), informed(1), intend(2), intended(1), intending(1), meditate(1), mentioned(1), name(1), namely(2), news(1), ordered(6), plainly says(1), promised(6), proposing(2), really thought(1), repeated*(1), replied*(1), requested(1), resolved(3), responded*(7), said(2766), said*(2), say(601), saying(862), saying*(1), says(594), sent word(1), speak(29), speak to you saying(1), speaking(2), speaks(2), specifically say(1), specified(1), spoke(77), spoken(15), still say(1), suppose(1), tell(23), telling(2), tells(1), think(1), thinking(2), thought(17), told(25), utters(1), vaunt(1).

935

bo (97c); a prim. root; to come in, come, go in, go:--actually come(1), advanced(8), alight(1), apply(1), approach(1), arrival(1), arrive(3), arrived(11), arrives(1), associate(4), attacks(1), attain(4), befalls(1), border(1), born(1), bring(246), bring it to pass(1), bringing(21), brings(9), brought(255), brought it to pass(2), came(590), came and brought(2), came and invaded(1), came to pass(3), came*(1), can get(1), carried(2), carry(1), certainly come(2), come(511), come and let us go(1), come from going(1), come to pass(3), comes(90), comes to pass(2), coming(106), departed(1), devoured*(2), enter(127), enter and go(1), entered(74), entering(14), enters(16), entrance(10), extended(1), fall(1), fallen(1), far*(1), followed(1), follows*(2), fulfilled(2), gave(1), get(2), give(1), go(147), go through(1), go*(2), goes(17), going(8), gone(7), granted(1), had(2), harbor(1), harvest(1), imported(1), indeed come(1), inserted(2), invade(1), invade when they came(1), invaded(1), invades(1), keep on coming(1), laid(1), Lebo-hamath(6), led(3), lifted(1), mentioned(1), migration(1), now(1), once(1), planned*(1), present(1), presented(1), presenting(1), press(1), proceed*(1), put(8), putting(1), reach(1), reached(4), reached the age(1), reenter*(2), replace*(1), reported(1), return(2), return*(1), returned(1), returned*(1), runs(1), set(6), sets(4), shedding(1), spring(1), stand(2), sundown*(1), sunset*(5), support*(1), surely comes(1), take(2), take place(1), takes(1), taking(1), threatened*(1), took(1), took place(1), traversing(1), visit*(1), went(109), went through(1).

1090a

Bilhah (117b); of unc. der.; a concubine of Jacob:--Bilhah(10).

1129

banah (124a); a prim. root; to build:--besieged*(1), build(112), build*(1), builders(10), building(16), builds(8), built(177), construct(1), constructed(1), fashioned(1), fortified(3), fortifying(2), have children(1), made(1), obtain children(1), rebuild(13), rebuilding(3), rebuilt(17), rebuilt*(2), restored(1), set(1), surely built(1).

1290

berek (139c); from 1288; the knee:--feeble*(1), knee(1), kneeled*(1), kneels*(1), knees(20), lap(1).

1571

gam (168d); from an unused word; also, moreover, yea:--addition(1), alike(1), all(1), all*(1), also(364), although(1), any(3), besides(4), bitterly*(1), both(28), both you and also(1), both*(6), certainly(2), either(6), either by or(1), even(114), even they also(2), even they too(1), furthermore(15), however(1), indeed(21), itself(1), likewise(5), merely(1), moreover(17), moreover*(1), neither*(5), neither(1), nevertheless(1), nor(4), nor yet(1), nor*(4), now(3), now*(2), only(1), or(4), part also(1), previously*(1), so(1), spite*(1), still(1), still*(1), then(1), therefore(1), though(2), times*(2), together(2), too(30), truly(2), turn(2), very(1), well(6), what is more(1), whether(1), yes(9), yet(6).

2009

hinneh (243d); prol. of 2005; lo! behold!:--after all(1), behold(938), go(1), here(41), how(5), if(18), if he sees(1), if the has indeed(1), indeed(11), lo(16), look(3), now(3), now*(1), see(4), surely(2), there(2), unless(1).

3205

yalad (408b); a prim. root; to bear, bring forth, beget:--bear(13), bearing(3), bears(6), became(1), became the father(144), become the father(2), become the fathers(1), beget(3), begetting(1), begot(2), begotten(3), birth(2), birthday*(1), bore(85), born(73), borne(20), bring forth(5), brings forth(1), brought them forth(1), brought forth(6), child(2), childbirth(10), children(1), children born(1), deliver(1), delivered(1), descended(2), father(1), fathered(2), fathers(1), gave me birth(1), gave you birth(2), gave birth(25), gave birth to a child(2), give birth(13), give birth the midwife(1), give delivery(1), given it birth(1), given birth(4), gives birth(2), gives delivery(1), giving birth(2), had(17), had sons(1), has(1), have(2), labor(5), labor has borne(1), labor the midwife(1), laid(1), midwife(1), midwives(6), produced(1), registered by ancestry(1), sired(1), sires(2), takes effect(1).

4480

min or
minni or
minne (577d); a prim. prep.; from:--abandon*(1), about(4), above(17), above*(46), according(1), account(3), account*(2), across*(3), addition*(1), after(16), after*(5), against(13), against*(7), all(1), all alone*(1), all*(4), alone(2), alone*(2), aloof*(3), among(34), among*(1), any(35), any*(6), anything*(1), away(6), because(92), because*(86), before(12), before*(117), beforehand*(1), behind*(10), belongs(1), below(1), below*(10), beneath*(7), bereft*(1), beside*(6), besides(1), besides*(45), between(1), between*(2), beyond(1), beyond*(20), both(27), both sides*(1), both*(2), close*(1), concerning(1), concerning*(1), course*(2), devoid(2), dictated*(1), distance*(3), doing*(2), due(4), either(2), ever(1), exclusive(1), facing(2), far*(2), forever*(3), forsaking*(2), gone(2), Hamites*(1), help*(1), high*(1), hovered*(2), including(1), inside*(16), inward*(1), later*(1), leave*(7), left(1), mere(1), Mine(2), more(7), more...than(6), more than(43), more*(2), more...than(33), most(1), never*(2), no(10), no more(1), no*(1), nor(2), off(1), off*(6), one(4), openly*(1), opposite*(6), origin*(1), outermost*(1), outside*(52), over(4), over*(4), part(1), part*(1), presence*(1), previously*(1), promised*(1), rather than(7), recently*(1), regard(1), regarding*(1), removed(1), responsible*(1), result(1), said*(1), same(2), shared*(1), since(20), since*(2), so(12), so...cannot(8), so...no(4), so...none(1), so*(3), some(123), some*(1), than(224), than*(1), theirs*(2), there*(2), thereafter*(1), through(11), through...after(1), throughout(2), throughout*(1), too(51), top*(2), toward(6), toward*(3), under(3), unless*(1), when(3), where*(1), wherever*(1), whether(7), willingly*(1), within*(1), without(9), without*(6).

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