1. WHEN RACHEL saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I will die!
2. And Jacob became very angry with Rachel and he said, Am I in God's stead, Who has denied you children?
3. And she said, See here, take my maid Bilhah and have intercourse with her; and [when the baby comes] she shall deliver it upon my knees, that I by her may also have children.
4. And she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.
5. And Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6. And Rachel said, God has judged and vindicated me, and has heard my plea and has given me a son; so she named him Dan [judged].
7. And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8. And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings [in prayer to God] I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed; so she named him [this second son Bilhah bore] Naphtali [struggled].