The Scriptures 1998

Genesis 30:3-15 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

3. And she said, “See, my female servant Bilhah; go in to her, and let her bear for me, and let me be built up from her as well.”

4. So she gave him Bilhah her female servant as wife, and Ya‛aqoḇ went in to her.

5. And Bilhah conceived and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a son.

6. And Raḥĕl said, “Elohim has rightly ruled my case, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” So she called his name Dan.

7. And Raḥĕl’s female servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a second son.

8. And Raḥĕl said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have overcome.” So she called his name Naphtali.

9. And Lĕ’ah saw that she had ceased bearing, and she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Ya‛aqoḇ as wife.

10. And Lĕ’ah’s female servant Zilpah bore Ya‛aqoḇ a son.

11. And Lĕ’ah said, “With Gaḏ!” So she called his name Gaḏ.

12. And Lĕ’ah’s female servant Zilpah bore Ya‛aqoḇ a second son.

13. And Lĕ’ah said, “I am blessed, for the daughters shall call me blessed.” So she called his name Ashĕr.

14. And Re’uḇĕn went in the days of wheat harvest and found love-apples in the field, and brought them to his mother Lĕ’ah. And Raḥĕl said to Lĕ’ah, “Please give me some of your son’s love-apples.”

15. But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s love-apples too?” And Raḥĕl said, “Therefore let him lie with you tonight for your son’s love-apples.”