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Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children ,
Rachel envied her sister ,
and said to Jacob , "
Give me children ,
or else I die !"
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And Jacob '
s anger was aroused against Rachel ,
and he said , "
Am I in the place of God ,
who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb ?"
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So she said , "
Here is my maid Bilhah ;
go in to her ,
and she will bear a child on my knees ,
that I also may have children by her ."
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Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife ,
and Jacob went in to her .
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And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son .
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Then Rachel said , "
God has judged my case ;
and He has also heard my voice and given me a son ."
Therefore she called his name Dan .
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And Rachel '
s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son .
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Then Rachel said , "
With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister ,
and indeed I have prevailed ."
So she called his name Naphtali .
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When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing ,
she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife .
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And Leah '
s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son .
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Then Leah said , "
A troop comes !"
So she called his name Gad .
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And Leah '
s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son .
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Then Leah said , "
I am happy ,
for the daughters will call me blessed ."
So she called his name Asher .
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Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field ,
and brought them to his mother Leah .
Then Rachel said to Leah , "
Please give me some of your son '
s mandrakes ."
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But she said to her , "
Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband ?
Would you take away my son '
s mandrakes also ?"
And Rachel said , "
Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son '
s mandrakes ."
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When Jacob came out of the field in the evening ,
Leah went out to meet him and said , "
You must come in to me ,
for I have surely hired you with my son '
s mandrakes ."
And he lay with her that night .
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And God listened to Leah ,
and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son .
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Leah said , "
God has given me my wages ,
because I have given my maid to my husband ."
So she called his name Issachar .
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Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son .
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And Leah said , "
God has endowed me with a good endowment ;
now my husband will dwell with me ,
because I have borne him six sons ."
So she called his name Zebulun .
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Afterward she bore a daughter ,
and called her name Dinah .
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Then God remembered Rachel ,
and God listened to her and opened her womb .
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And she conceived and bore a son ,
and said , "
God has taken away my reproach ."
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So she called his name Joseph ,
and said , "
The LORD shall add to me another son ."