1. And when Rachel saw that she gave Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said unto Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.
2. And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3. And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4. And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.
5. And Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son unto Jacob.
6. And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.
7. And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again and gave birth to a second son unto Jacob.
8. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
9. When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took Zilpah, her maid and gave her Jacob to wife.