See in Reader
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Markdown
25 lines
527 B
Markdown
# She said
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"Rachel said"
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# See
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"Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
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# there is my servant Bilhah ... I will have children by her
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At that time, this was an acceptable way for a barren woman to have children that would legally belong to her. The full meaning of this may be made explicit.
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# Go to her
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This is a polite way of asking him to have sexual relations with her servant.
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# on my knees
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"for me"
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# I will have children by her
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"and in this way she will cause me to have children"
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