Genesis 30:1-13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’^(A) she said to Jacob.

² Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, ‘Am I in the place of God? He has withheld offspring^[a] from you! ’

³ Then she said, ‘Here is my maid Bilhah. Go and sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me^[b](B) so that through her I too can build a family.’ ⁴ So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. ⁵ Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ Rachel said, ‘God has vindicated me; yes, he has heard me and given me a son,’ so she named him Dan.^[c]

⁷ Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ Rachel said, ‘In my wrestling with God,^[d] I have wrestled with my sister and won,’ and she named him Naphtali.^[e]

⁹ When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. ¹⁰ Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ Then Leah said, ‘What good fortune! ’^[f] and she named him Gad.^[g]

¹² When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, ¹³ Leah said, ‘I am happy that the women call me happy,’^(C) so she named him Asher.^[h]