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7 Rachel's slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.
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Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Rachel said, "I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won!" So she named him Naphtali [My Struggle].
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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 Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as his 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 Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to a son for Jacob.
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Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 Leah said, "I've been lucky!" So she called him Gad [Luck].
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Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad.
12 Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob.
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Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 Leah said, "I've been blessed! Women will call me blessed." So she named him Asher [Blessing].
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Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrakes. He brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
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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 Leah replied, "Isn't it enough that you took my husband? Are you also going to take my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "Very well, Jacob can go to bed with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."
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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 As Jacob was coming in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. "You are to sleep with me," she said. "You are my reward for my son's mandrakes." So he went to bed 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 answered Leah's prayer. She became pregnant and gave birth to her fifth son for Jacob.
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God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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