Genesis 30:9-18

9Leah saw that she had stopped having children. So she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

10Zilpah became pregnant and she gave birth to a son for Jacob.

11Leah said, ‘This is very good.’ She called the boy Gad.

12Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

13Leah said, ‘I am very happy! Women will call me happy.’ So she called this boy Asher.

14It was the time for the harvest of wheat. Reuben went out and he found some mandrake plants in a field. He took them to his mother, Leah. Rachel said to Leah, ‘Please give me some of the mandrakes that your son gave to you.’

15But Leah said to Rachel, ‘You took my husband from me. That was bad enough! Now you want to take my son's mandrakes too!’ Rachel said, ‘OK. If you give me some of your son's mandrakes, Jacob can sleep with you tonight.’

16In the evening, Jacob came in from the fields. Leah went out to meet him. She said, ‘You must sleep with me tonight. I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes.’ So Jacob slept with Leah that night.

17God listened to Leah and she became pregnant again. She gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

18Leah said, ‘God has helped me because I gave my servant to Jacob as a wife.’ She called her son Issachar.