1. When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
2. Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3. She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
4. She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5. Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6. Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan.
7. Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
8. Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
9. When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10. Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
11. Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.