1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Genesis 30:3 | But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her. | Servant, like a maid of honour. Josephus says she was not a slave, no more than Zelpha. --- My knees, whom I may nurse with pleasure. It was an ancient custom to place the new-born infants upon the knees of some near relation, who gave them a name, and thus in a manner adopted them. (Chap. 50:22[23, in some Bibles]; Job 3:12; Psalm 21:11.) (Homer) (Calmet) |