Genesis 30
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Genesis 30:1-8

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.

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