1. And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.
2. And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
3. But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.
4. And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
5. When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.
6. And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan.
7. And again Bala conceived and bore another,
8. For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.
9. Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.
10. And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,
11. She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
12. Zelpha also bore another.
13. And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.