1. When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, “Give me children—if not, I will die!”
2. And Jacob became angry with Rachel. And he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3. Then she said, “Here is my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children as my surrogate. Then I will even have children by her.”
4. Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her
5. And Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
6. Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.
7. And Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob.
8. And Rachel said, “I have struggled a mighty struggle with my sister and have prevailed.” And she called his name Naphtali.
9. When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Jacob as a wife.