¹⁸ And you shall not take^[a] a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

¹⁵ Did God^[a] not make them one, flesh with spirit in it? And what does the one desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.^[b](A)

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 for your son’s mandrakes.”^(A)

⁶ Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.^{(A) 7} So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. ⁸ Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”^(B)

²⁸ Jacob did so and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.

¹⁹ Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

³ Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.^(A)