¹³ And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal^(A) to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

⁴ And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal,^(A) as I command you today, and coat them with plaster.

³³ All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical^(A) priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born^(B) were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal,^(C) as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.

²⁹ When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim^(A) the blessings, and on Mount Ebal^(B) the curses.^(C)

²⁰ Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor,^(A) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.^[a](B)

⁶ Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;^(A) he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”^(B) Because of this she named him Dan.^[a](C)

⁷ Rachel’s servant Bilhah^(D) conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”^(E) So she named him Naphtali.^[b](F)

⁹ When Leah^(G) saw that she had stopped having children,^(H) she took her servant Zilpah^(I) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.^{(J) 10} Leah’s servant Zilpah^(K) bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”^[c] So she named him Gad.^[d](L)

¹² Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. ¹³ Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me^(M) happy.”^(N) So she named him Asher.^[e](O)

³² Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.^(A) She named him Reuben,^[a](B) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.^(C) Surely my husband will love me now.”