1. And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none--I die.'
2. And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
3. And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'
4. and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
5. and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,
6. and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan.
7. And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,
8. and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.
9. And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maidservant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;
10. and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,
11. and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.
12. And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,
13. and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.
14. And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'
15. And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.'
16. And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.