Genesis 30:1-24 - Jacob's Children
1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel. And he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my slave woman Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and yea, let me be built up from her, me also. 4 And she gave him her slave woman Bilhah to wife. And Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.
7 And Rachel's slave woman Bilhah conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had quit bearing, she took her slave woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Leah's slave woman Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, With fortune. And she called his name Gad.
12 And Leah's slave woman Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.
14 And Reuben went out in the days of the wheat harvest, and found love-apples in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, please give me some of your son's love-apples.
15 And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? And would you also take my son's love-apples? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's love-apples.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening. And Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's love-apples. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my slave to my husband. And she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God has given me a good present. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun. 21 And afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, God has taken away my reproach. 24 And she called his name Joseph. And she said, May Jehovah add another son to me.