Genesis 30:1–13

30But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

²Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “I can’t take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children.”

³She said, “Here is my slave Bilhah; sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. In this way I can become a mother through her.” ⁴So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her. ⁵Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son. ⁶Rachel said, “God has judged in my favour. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son”; so she named him Dan.^{u 7}Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸Rachel said, “I have fought a hard fight with my sister, but I have won”; so she named him Naphtali.^v

⁹When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife. ¹⁰Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son. ¹¹Leah said, “I have been lucky”; so she named him Gad.^{w 12}Zilpah bore Jacob another son, ¹³and Leah said, “How happy I am! Now women will call me happy”; so she named him Asher.^x