2. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you the fruit of the womb?”
3. She replied, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Have intercourse with her, and let her give birth on my knees, so that I too may have children through her.”
4. So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.
5. When Bilhah conceived and bore a son for Jacob,
6. Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed he has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
7. Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore a second son for Jacob,
8. and Rachel said, “I have wrestled strenuously with my sister, and I have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali.
9. When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as wife.
10. So Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore a son for Jacob.
11. Leah then said, “What good luck!” So she named him Gad.
12. Then Leah’s maidservant Zilpah bore a second son to Jacob;
13. and Leah said, “What good fortune, because women will call me fortunate!” So she named him Asher.
14. One day, during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and came upon some mandrakes in the field which he brought home to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”