1. Rachel saw that she couldn't have any children by Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"
2. Jacob became angry with her. He said, "Do you think I'm God? He's the one who has kept you from having children."
3. Then she said, "Here's my servant Bilhah. Make love to her so that she can have children for me. Then I too can have a family through her."
4. So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob made love to her.
5. And Bilhah became pregnant. She had a son by him.
6. Then Rachel said, "God has stood up for my rights. He has listened to my prayer and given me a son." So she named him Dan.
7. Rachel's servant Bilhah became pregnant again. She had a second son by Jacob.
8. Then Rachel said, "I've had a great struggle with my sister. Now I've won." So she named him Naphtali.
9. Leah saw that she had stopped having children. So she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10. Leah's servant Zilpah had a son by Jacob.