1. And when Raḥĕl saw that she bore Ya‛aqoḇ no children, Raḥĕl envied her sister, and said to Ya‛aqoḇ, “Give me children, or else I am going to die!”
2. And Ya‛aqoḇ’s displeasure burned against Raḥĕl, and he said, “Am I in the place of Elohim, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3. And she said, “See, my female servant Bilhah; go in to her, and let her bear for me, and let me be built up from her as well.”
4. So she gave him Bilhah her female servant as wife, and Ya‛aqoḇ went in to her.
5. And Bilhah conceived and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a son.
6. And Raḥĕl said, “Elohim has rightly ruled my case, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” So she called his name Dan.
7. And Raḥĕl’s female servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a second son.
8. And Raḥĕl said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have overcome.” So she called his name Naphtali.
9. And Lĕ’ah saw that she had ceased bearing, and she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Ya‛aqoḇ as wife.
10. And Lĕ’ah’s female servant Zilpah bore Ya‛aqoḇ a son.
11. And Lĕ’ah said, “With Gaḏ!” So she called his name Gaḏ.
12. And Lĕ’ah’s female servant Zilpah bore Ya‛aqoḇ a second son.
13. And Lĕ’ah said, “I am blessed, for the daughters shall call me blessed.” So she called his name Ashĕr.
14. And Re’uḇĕn went in the days of wheat harvest and found love-apples in the field, and brought them to his mother Lĕ’ah. And Raḥĕl said to Lĕ’ah, “Please give me some of your son’s love-apples.”
15. But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s love-apples too?” And Raḥĕl said, “Therefore let him lie with you tonight for your son’s love-apples.”
16. And when Ya‛aqoḇ came out of the field in the evening, Lĕ’ah went out to meet him and said, “Do come in to me, for indeed, I have hired you with my son’s love-apples.” And he lay with her that night.
17. And Elohim listened to Lĕ’ah, and she conceived and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a fifth son.
18. And Lĕ’ah said, “Elohim has given me my hire, because I have given my female servant to my husband.” So she called his name Yissasḵar.
19. And Lĕ’ah conceived again and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a sixth son.