⁵ But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, ^(A)although the Lord had closed her womb.

² And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, ^(A)“Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

³⁰ Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also ^(A)loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban ^(B)still another seven years.

The Children of Jacob

³¹ When the Lord ^(C)saw that Leah was ^[a]unloved, He ^(D)opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

²² He gave to all of them, to each man, ^(A)changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and ^(B)five changes of garments.

¹⁸ for the Lord ^(A)had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Hagar and Ishmael

16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, ^(A)had borne him no children. And she had ^(B)an Egyptian maidservant whose name was ^(C)Hagar.

³⁴ Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin’s serving was ^(A)five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.

Firstborn Inheritance Rights

¹⁵ “If a man has two wives, one loved ^(A)and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved,