6. Rachel said, “God has declared me innocent. He has listened to my prayer and has given me a son.” So Rachel named this son Dan.
7. Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.
8. Rachel said, “I have struggled hard with my sister. And I have won.” So she named that son Naphtali.
9. Leah saw that she had stopped having children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10. Then Zilpah had a son.
11. Leah said, “I am lucky.” So she named her 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 field and found some mandrake plants. He brought them to his mother Leah. But Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15. Leah answered, “You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son’s mandrakes.”But Rachel answered, “If you will give me your son’s mandrakes, you may sleep with Jacob tonight.”
16. When Jacob came in from the field that night, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You will have intimate relations with me tonight. I have paid for you with my son’s mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
17. Then God answered Leah’s prayer, and she became pregnant again. She gave birth to a fifth son.
18. Leah said, “God has given me what I paid for, because I gave my slave girl to my husband.” So Leah named her son Issachar.
19. Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son.