Genesis 30:1-25

1Now when Rachel saw that 1she had not borne Jacob any children, 2she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “3Give me children, or else I am going to die.” 2Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has 4withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3Then she said, “5Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may 6give birth 7on my knees, so that 89by her I too may obtain a child.” 4So 10she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her. 5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6Then Rachel said, “God has 1112vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she named him 13Dan. 7And Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8So Rachel said, “With 14mighty wrestling I have 15wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali.

9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10And Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11Then Leah said, “16How fortunate!” So she named him 17Gad. 12And Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13Then Leah said, “18Happy am I! For women 19will call me happy.” So she named him 20Asher.

14Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found 21mandrake fruits in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” 15But she said to her, “Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son’s mandrakes also?” So Rachel said, “Therefore he may sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.” 16When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must have relations with me, for I have indeed hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night. 17God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18Then Leah said, “God has given me my 22reward, because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named him Issachar. 19And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good gift; finally my husband 23will acknowledge me as his wife, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun. 21Afterward she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.

22Then 24God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and 25opened her womb. 23So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, “God has 26taken away my disgrace.” 24And she named him Joseph, saying, “27May the Lord 28give me another son.”

25Now it came about, when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “29Send me away, so that I may go to my own place and to my own country.