1. When Rachel saw that she bore no children for Jacob, Rachel was jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me sons—if there are none, I’ll die!”
2. But Jacob became furious with Rachel and said, “Am I, instead of God, the one who withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3. So she said, “Here’s my maid-servant Bilhah. Go to her and let her give birth on my knees, so that from her I may also build a family.”
4. Then she gave her maid-servant Bilhah to him for a wife, and Jacob went to her.
5. Bilhah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
6. So Rachel said, “God has judged my cause and also heard my voice—and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
7. Then Rachel’s female servant became pregnant again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.
8. So Rachel said, “I’ve surely wrestled greatly with my sister — also I’ve won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9. Now Leah saw that she stopped having children, so she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10. Then Zilpah, Leah’s female servant, gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11. Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12. Then Zilpah, Leah’s female servant, gave birth to a second son for Jacob.
13. Leah said, “How happy am I, for daughters have called me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14. Now during the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and he brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”