²⁰ And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”^[a]

⁵¹ Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”^{[a] 52} The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has ^(A)made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”^[b]

²¹ She will bear a son, and ^(A)you shall call his name Jesus, ^(B)for he will save his people from their sins.”

¹⁰ When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became ^(A)her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I ^(B)drew him out of the water.”^[a]

²² She gave birth to a son, and he called his name ^(A)Gershom, for he said, “I have been a ^(B)sojourner^[a] in a foreign land.”

⁶ Then Rachel said, “God has ^(A)judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.^{[a] 7} Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings^[b] I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name ^(B)Naphtali.^[c]

⁹ When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and ^(C)gave her to Jacob as a wife. ¹⁰ Then Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, ^(D)“Good fortune has come!” so she called his name ^(E)Gad.^{[d] 12} Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. ¹³ And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women ^(F)have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.^[e]

¹⁴ In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found ^(G)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.” ¹⁵ 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 in exchange for your son's mandrakes.” ¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.^[f]

¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. ²⁰ Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name ^(H)Zebulun.^{[g] 21} Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.

³² And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,^[a] for she said, “Because the Lord ^(A)has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” ³³ She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.^{[b] 34} Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be ^(B)attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.^{[c] 35} And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name ^(C)Judah.^[d] Then she ceased bearing.

¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said to her,

²⁹ and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground ^(A)that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief^[a] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”