Gen 30:3, Deu 25:9, Rut 4:11 | ESV | STEP | 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.

Genesis 30:3

3 Then she said, “Here is my servant ^aBilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth ^bon 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.”

Deuteronomy 25:9

9 then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and ^epull his sandal off his foot and ^fspit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not ^gbuild up his brother’s house.’

Ruth 4:11

11 Then all the people who were ^hat the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, ⁱwho together ^jbuilt up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in ^kEphrathah and ^lbe renowned in Bethlehem,