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.
12. Zilpah gave birth to another son.
13. Leah said, “I am very happy! Now women will call me happy.” So she named that son Asher.
14. During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found some special flowers. He brought them to his mother Leah. But Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s flowers.”
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.”