Genesis 30:1–13

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,^x she became jealous of her sister.^y So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

²Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,^z who has kept you from having children?”^a

³Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,^b my servant.^c Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”^d

⁴So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.^e Jacob slept with her,^{f 5}and she became pregnant and bore him a son. ⁶Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;^g he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”^h Because of this she named him Dan.^ai

⁷Rachel’s servant Bilhah^j conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”^k So she named him Naphtali.^bl

⁹When Leah^m saw that she had stopped having children,ⁿ she took her servant Zilpah^o and gave her to Jacob as a wife.^{p 10}Leah’s servant Zilpah^q bore Jacob a son. ¹¹Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”^c So she named him Gad.^dr

¹²Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. ¹³Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me^s happy.”^t So she named him Asher.^eu