1. Rachel saw that she was not giving Jacob any children. She became jealous of her sister Leah. So Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die!”
2. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “I am not God. He is the one who has caused you to not have children.”
3. Then Rachel said, “You can have my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her, and she will have a child for me. Then I can be a mother through her.”
4. So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. He had sexual relations with Bilhah.
5. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
6. Rachel said, “God has listened to my prayer. He decided to give me a son.” So she named this son Dan.
7. Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.
8. Rachel said, “I have fought hard to compete with my sister, and I have won.” So she named that son Naphtali.
9. Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob.
10. Then Zilpah had a son.
11. Leah said, “I am lucky.” So she named the son Gad.