15. Leah answered, “You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son’s flowers.” But Rachel answered, “If you will give me your son’s flowers, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”
16. Jacob came in from the fields that night. Leah saw him and went out to meet him. She said, “You will sleep with me tonight. I have paid for you with my son’s flowers.” So Jacob slept with Leah that night.
17. Then God allowed Leah to become pregnant again. She gave birth to a fifth son.
18. She said, “God has given me a reward because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named her son Issachar.
19. Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son.
20. She said, “God has given me a fine gift. Now surely Jacob will accept me, because I have given him six sons.” So she named this son Zebulun.
21. Later, Leah gave birth to a daughter. She named her Dinah.
22. Then God heard Rachel’s prayer and made it possible for Rachel to have children.
23. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has taken away my shame.”
24. Rachel named the son Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me another son.”
25. After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now let me go back to my own homeland.
26. Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you. You know that I served you well.”
27. Laban said to him, “Please, let me say something. I know that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
28. Tell me what I should pay you, and I will give it to you.”
29. Jacob answered, “You know that I have worked hard for you. Your flocks have grown and been well while I cared for them.
30. When I came, you had little. Now you have much, much more. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. Now it is time for me to work for myself—it is time to do things for my family.”
31. Laban asked, “Then what should I give you?” Jacob answered, “I don’t want you to give me anything! I only want you to let me do this one thing: I will go back and take care of your sheep.