30 And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

² And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

³ And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

⁴ and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

⁵ and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,

⁶ and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan.

⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

⁸ and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.

⁹ And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

¹⁰ and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

¹¹ and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.

¹² And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

¹³ and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.

¹⁴ And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'

¹⁵ And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.'

¹⁶ And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

¹⁷ And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,

¹⁸ and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

¹⁹ And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,

²⁰ and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun;

²¹ and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.

²² And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,

²³ and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;'

²⁴ and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.'