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Genesis - ch 30 v 1 - 20
- And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.
- And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
- And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
- And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
- And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son.
- And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
- And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son.
- And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
- And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
- And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
- And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
- And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
- And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.
- And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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