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1 When Rachel saw that she bore Ya`akov no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Ya`akov, "Give me children, or else I will die."
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When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”
2 Ya`akov's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
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Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."
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Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”
4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Ya`akov went in to her.
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So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,
5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Ya`akov a son.
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and she became pregnant and bore him a son.
6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.
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Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of this she named him Dan.
7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Ya`akov a second son.
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Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naftali.
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Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9 When Le'ah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Ya`akov as a wife.
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When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 Zilpah, Le'ah's handmaid, bore Ya`akov a son.
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Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 Le'ah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
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Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad.
12 Zilpah, Le'ah's handmaid, bore Ya`akov a second son.
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Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 Le'ah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
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Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14 Re'uven went in the days of wheat harvest, and found dudaim in the field, and brought them to his mother, Le'ah. Then Rachel said to Le'ah, "Please give me some of your son's dudaim."
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During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's dudaim, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's dudaim."
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But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 Ya`akov came from the field in the evening, and Le'ah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's dudaim." He lay with her that night.
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So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17 God listened to Le'ah, and she conceived, and bore Ya`akov a fifth son.
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God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Le'ah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Yissakhar.
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Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
19 Le'ah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Ya`akov.
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Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20 Le'ah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zevulun.
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Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
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Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
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Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.
23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach.
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She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”
24 She named him Yosef, saying, "May the LORD add another son to me."
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She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
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