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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said here maid_my Bilhāh go to_her/it and_bear on knees_my and_have_children also I through_her.
OET (OET-RV) Rahel answered, “Listen, here’s my slave Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she’ll have children on my behalf and I’ll also be able to have a family through her.”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר
and=she/it_said
Alternate translation: “Rachel replied to him,”
הִנֵּ֛ה אֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה
see/lo/see! maid,my Bilhāh
Alternate translation: “Here is my servant woman Bilhah.” or “You can take my servant woman Bilhah as a wife.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
בֹּ֣א אֵלֶ֑יהָ
go_in to=her/it
See how you translated this euphemism in Gen 16:2. Alternate translation: “Sleep with her”
וְתֵלֵד֙
and,bear
Alternate translation: “so that she can give birth to children” or “so that she can have children”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
עַל בִּרְכַּ֔י
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in knees,my
The idiom bear children on my knees means that Bilhah’s children would be considered Rachel’s children. It may come from the custom of immediately putting a newborn child on the lap of the father and mother to symbolize that the child belonged to them. Alternate translation: “for me who will sit on my lap,” or “as my surrogate”
וְאִבָּנֶ֥ה גַם אָנֹכִ֖י מִמֶּֽנָּה
and,have_children also/even I through,her
See how you translated built up from her in Gen 16:2. Alternate translation: “so that from her children I too can build a family.” or “so that I too can build a family.”
30:1-8 Rachel’s naming of sons through Bilhah does not reflect faith as Leah’s namings had. Rachel felt wronged over the marriage and her barrenness. The names of Bilhah’s sons reflect Rachel’s bitter struggle with her sister and her feeling of some victory.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said here maid_my Bilhāh go to_her/it and_bear on knees_my and_have_children also I through_her.
OET (OET-RV) Rahel answered, “Listen, here’s my slave Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she’ll have children on my behalf and I’ll also be able to have a family through her.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.