Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Genesis 30:9-22 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

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.”

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.