Genesis 30:1-23

1When Rachel saw that she bore no children for Jacob, Rachel was jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me sons—if there are none, I’ll die!”

2But Jacob became furious with Rachel and said, “Am I, instead of God, the one who withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

3So she said, “Here’s my maid-servant Bilhah. Go to her and let her give birth on my knees, so that from her I may also build a family.”

4Then she gave her maid-servant Bilhah to him for a wife, and Jacob went to her.

5Bilhah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.

6So Rachel said, “God has judged my cause and also heard my voice—and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.

7Then Rachel’s female servant became pregnant again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.

8So Rachel said, “I’ve surely wrestled greatly with my sister — also I’ve won.” So she named him Naphtali.

9Now Leah saw that she stopped having children, so she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

10Then Zilpah, Leah’s female servant, gave birth to a son for Jacob.

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

12Then Zilpah, Leah’s female servant, gave birth to a second son for Jacob.

13Leah said, “How happy am I, for daughters have called me happy.” So she named him Asher.

14Now during the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and he 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, “Wasn’t it enough that you took my husband away? You’d also take away my son’s mandrakes?” So Rachel said, “That being so, let him lie with you tonight, in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

16So when Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and she said, “You must come to me. For I’ve actually hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that very night.

17Moreover, God heard Leah, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

18Leah said, “God gave me my reward because I gave my female servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

19Then Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.

20Leah said, “God has presented me a good gift. This time my husband will honor me for I’ve borne six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulun.

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

22Then God remembered Rachel and God listened to her and opened her womb.

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