Genesis 30
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Genesis 30:9-18

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

10Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.

11Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

13Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

14At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15But Leah replied, “Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?” “All right,” Rachel said, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

16When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations with her that night.

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.

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