Genesis 30:1–13

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

²Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God? He has withheld offspring^E from you!”

³Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me^Fh so that through her I too can build a family.” ⁴So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. ⁵Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. ⁶Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; yes, he has heard me and given me a son,” so she named him Dan.^G

⁷Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,^H I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.^I

⁹When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. ¹⁰Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. ¹¹Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”^J and she named him Gad.^K

¹²When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, ¹³Leah said, “I am happy that the women call me happy,”ⁱ so she named him Asher.^L