01:030:003 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she
shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
01:030:004 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went
in unto her.
01:030:005 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
01:030:006 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my
voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
01:030:007 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a
second son.
01:030:008 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with
my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
01:030:009 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
01:030:010 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
01:030:011 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
01:030:012 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
01:030:013 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me
blessed: and she called his name Asher.
01:030:014 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found
mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
01:030:015 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast
taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?
And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy
son's mandrakes.
01:030:016 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah
went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I
have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that
night.
01:030:017 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare
Jacob the fifth son.
01:030:018 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have
given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
01:030:019 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
01:030:020 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now
will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and
she called his name Zebulun.
01:030:021 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name
Dinah.
01:030:022 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and
opened her womb.
01:030:023 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken
away my reproach:
01:030:024 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add
to me another son.
01:030:025 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob
said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and
to my country.
01:030:026 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served
thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done
thee.
01:030:027 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour
in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD
hath blessed me for thy sake.
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