1. URaheli esebonile ukuthi wayengamzaleli uJakobe abantwana, uRaheli waba nomhawu ngodadewabo, wathi kuJakobe: “Ngiphe abantwana, funa ngife.”
2. Intukuthelo kaJakobe yayisivuthela uRaheli, wathi: “Ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu okwenqabele isithelo sesizalo na?”
3. Wathi: “Nansi incekukazi yami uBiliha; ngena kuye, ukuze azalele emathangeni ami, ngakheke nami ngaye.”
4. Wayesemupha uBiliha incekukazi yakhe, abe ngumkakhe; uJakobe wangena kuye.
5. UBiliha wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana.
6. Wayesethi uRaheli: “UNkulunkulu ungahlulele, futhi wezwa izwi lami: wangipha indodana,” ngalokho waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uDani.
7. UBiliha incekukazi kaRaheli wabuye wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.
8. URaheli wathi: “Ngokubambana ngibambene nodadewethu ngamandla kaNkulunkulu, ngamahlula,” waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uNafetali.
9. ULeya esebonile ukuthi ukhawulile ukuzala, wamthatha uZilipa incekukazi yakhe, wamupha uJakobe, abe ngumkakhe.