New International Reader's Version

Genesis 29:29-34 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

29. Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her servant.

30. Jacob made love to Rachel also. He loved Rachel more than he loved Leah. And he worked for Laban for another seven years.

31. The Lord saw that Jacob didn't love Leah as much as he loved Rachel. So he let Leah have children. But Rachel wasn't able to have children.

32. Leah became pregnant. She had a son. She named him Reuben. She said, "The Lord has seen me suffer. Certainly my husband will love me now."

33. She became pregnant again. She had a son. Then she said, "The Lord heard that Jacob doesn't love me very much. That's why the Lord gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.

34. She became pregnant again. She had a son. Then she said, "Now at last my husband will want me. I have had three sons by him." So the boy was named Levi.