On the Knees of Grammar: Syntactic and Theological Implications of Genesis 30:3
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה אֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה בֹּ֣א אֵלֶ֑יהָ וְתֵלֵד֙ עַל־בִּרְכַּ֔י וְאִבָּנֶ֥ה גַם־אָנֹכִ֖י מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ (Genesis 30:3) And she said, “Behold, my maid Bilha, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, so that I too may be built up through her.” Genesis 30:3 occurs in the emotionally charged narrative of the rivalry between Rachel and…