17. God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18. Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband,” and she named him Issachar.
19. Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20. “God has given me a good gift,” Leah said. “This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.
21. Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
22. Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.
23. She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my shame.”
24. She named him Joseph: “May the Lord add another son to me.”
25. After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland.
26. Give me my wives and my children that I have worked for, and let me go. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
27. But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
28. Then Laban said, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29. So Jacob said to him, “You know what I have done for you and your herds.
30. For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The Lord has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family? ”
31. Laban asked, “What should I give you? ”And Jacob said, “You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.
32. Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-colored sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages.