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.
11. Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" So she named him Gad.
12. Leah's servant Zilpah had a second son by Jacob.
13. Then Leah said, "I'm so happy! The women will call me happy." So she named him Asher.
14. While the wheat harvest was being gathered, Reuben went out into the fields. He found some mandrake plants. He brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
15. But Leah said to her, "Isn't it enough that you took my husband away? Are you going to take my son's mandrakes too?" Rachel said, "All right. Jacob can make love to you tonight if you give me your son's mandrakes."
16. Jacob came in from the fields that evening. Leah went out to meet him. "You have to sleep with me tonight," she said. "I've bought you with my son's mandrakes." So he made love to her that night.
17. God listened to Leah. She became pregnant and had a fifth son by Jacob.
18. Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me because I gave my female servant to my husband." So she named the boy Issachar.
19. Leah became pregnant again. She had a sixth son by Jacob.