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Genesis 30:16-24 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

16. That evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must have intercourse with me, because I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So that night he lay with her,

17. and God listened to Leah; she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

18. Leah then said, “God has given me my wages for giving my maidservant to my husband”; so she named him Issachar.

19. Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob;

20. and Leah said, “God has brought me a precious gift. This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she named him Zebulun.

21. Afterwards she gave birth to a daughter, and she named her Dinah.

22. Then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and made her fruitful.

23. She conceived and bore a son, and she said, “God has removed my disgrace.”

24. She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add another son for me!”

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