4 Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

5 So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.

6 Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan.

7 And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne.

8 Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali.

9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

10 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.

11 Then sayd Leah, A companie commeth: and she called his name, Gad.

12 Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne.

13 Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me; she called his name, Asher.

Genesis 30:4-13, Geneva Bible of 1587. Public domain.
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