Common English Bible

Genesis 30:8-15 Common English Bible (CEB)

8. Rachel said, "I’ve competed fiercely with my sister, and now I’ve won." So she named him Naphtali.

9. When Leah realized that she had stopped bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as his wife.

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

11. and Leah said, "What good luck!" So she named him Gad.

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

13. and Leah said, "I’m happy now because women call me happy." So she named him Asher.

14. During the wheat harvest, Reuben found some erotic herbs in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Give me your son’s erotic herbs."

15. Leah replied, "Isn’t it enough that you’ve taken my husband? Now you want to take my son’s erotic herbs too?"Rachel said, "For your son’s erotic herbs, Jacob may sleep with you tonight."