Genesis 30:1–13

And Rachel seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

²And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

³But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.

⁴And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

⁵When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.

⁶And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son; and therefore she called his name Dan.

⁷And again Bala conceived, and bore another,

⁸For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.

⁹Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.

¹⁰And when she had conceived, and brought forth a son,

¹¹She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.

¹²Zelpha also bore another.

¹³And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.