5. Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
6. Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.
7. Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.
8. Then Rachel said, “I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9. When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10. Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.
11. Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12. Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.
13. Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.
14. At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15. But Leah replied, “Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?” “All right,” Rachel said, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16. When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations with her that night.
17. God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.
18. Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.