Gen 16:2, 30:3 | ESV | STEP | And Sarai said to Abram , Behold now , the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant ; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai .

Genesis 16:2

2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children ^{▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children} by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 30:3

3 Then she said, “Here is my servant ^bBilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth ^con my behalf, ^{▼▼Hebrew on my knees} that even I may have children ^{▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children} through her.”