Genesis 30:1-13 ▼

1 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, |Give me children, or else I die.|

2 Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, |Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?|

3 She said, |Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children.|

4 So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

6 Then Rachel said, |God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.| Therefore she named him Dan.

7 Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8 So Rachel said, |With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, [and] I have indeed prevailed.| And she named him Naphtali.

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

10 Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11 Then Leah said, |How fortunate!| So she named him Gad.

12 Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

13 Then Leah said, |Happy am I! For women will call me happy.| So she named him Asher.