Genesis 30:1-13 ▼

1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “ Give me sons, or I will die! ” she said to Jacob.

2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “ Am I in God’s place, who has withheld children from you ? ”

3 Then she said, “ Here is my slave Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me so that through her I too can build a family.”

4 So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

6 Rachel said, “ God has vindicated me; yes, He has heard me and given me a son,” and she named him Dan.

7 Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Rachel said, “ In my wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

10 Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11 Then Leah said, “ What good fortune! ” and she named him Gad.

12 When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

13 Leah said, “ I am happy that the women call me happy,” so she named him Asher.