Genesis 30
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Genesis 30:17-30

17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

18Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

20Then Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

21After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

22Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”

24She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

25After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.

26Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”

27But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”

28He added, “Just name your wages – I’ll pay whatever you want.”

29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, “and how well your livestock have fared under my care.

30Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”

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