Genesis 30:1-25

1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in 1God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

3And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.

4And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

5And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

6And Rachel said, 2God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

7And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.

8And Rachel said, Wrestlings of 3God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

9And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.

10And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.

11And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.

12And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.

13And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.

14And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

15And she said to her, Is it [too] little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

16And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17And 4God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18And Leah said, 5God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

19And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;

20and Leah said, 6God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

21And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

22And 7God remembered Rachel, and 8God listened to her, and opened her womb.

23And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, 9God has taken away my reproach.

24And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.

25And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.