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And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son .
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Then Rachel said , "
God has judged me ,
and has also heard my voice and given me a son ";
therefore she called his name Daniel .
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Rachel '
s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son .
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Then Rachel said , "
With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister ,
and have prevailed ";
so she called his name Naph '
tali .
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When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children ,
she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife .
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Then Leah '
s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son .
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And Leah said , "
Good fortune !"
so she called his name Gad .
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Leah '
s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son .
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And Leah said , "
Happy am I !
For the women will call me happy ";
so she called his name Asher .
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In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field ,
and brought them to his mother Leah .
Then Rachel said to Leah , "
Give me ,
I pray ,
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 ?"
Rachel said , "
Then he may lie with you tonight for your son '
s mandrakes ."
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When Jacob came from the field in the evening ,
Leah went out to meet him ,
and said , "
You must come in to me ;
for I have hired you with my son '
s mandrakes ."
So he lay with her that night .
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And God hearkened to Leah ,
and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son .
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Leah said , "
God has given me my hire because I gave my maid to my husband ";
so she called his name Is '
sachar .
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And Leah conceived again ,
and she bore Jacob a sixth son .
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Then Leah said , "
God has endowed me with a good dowry ;
now my husband will honor me ,
because I have borne him six sons ";
so she called his name Zeb '
ulun .
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Afterwards she bore a daughter ,
and called her name Dinah .
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Then God remembered Rachel ,
and God hearkened to her and opened her womb .
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She conceived and bore a son ,
and said , "
God has taken away my reproach ";
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and she called his name Joseph ,
saying , "
May the LORD add to me another son !"