Genesis 29:31-30:24
31And Yahweh saw that Leah was 1unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32So Leah conceived and bore a son and named him 1Reuben, for she said, “Because Yahweh has 2,aseen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.” 33Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, “aBecause Yahweh has 1heard that I am 2unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon. 34And she conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will be 1joined to me because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named aLevi. 35And she conceived again and bore a son and said, “This time I will 1praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him 2,aJudah. Then she stopped bearing.
The Sons of Jacob
30Then Rachel saw that ashe bore Jacob no children, so 1she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “bGive me children, or else I die.” 2Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has awithheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3And she said, “aHere is my maidservant Bilhah, go in to her that she may bbear on my knees, that 1,cthrough her I too may obtain children.” 4So ashe gave him her servant-woman Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6Then Rachel said, “God has 1,arendered justice to me and has indeed listened to my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she named him 2Dan. 7And Rachel’s servant-woman Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8So Rachel said, “With 1mighty wrestlings I have 2wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali.
9Then Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, so she took her servant-woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10And Leah’s servant-woman Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11Then Leah said, “1How fortunate!” So she named him 2Gad. 12And Leah’s servant-woman Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13Then Leah said, “1Happy am I! For women awill call me happy.” So she named him 2Asher.
14And in the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found amandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” 15But she said to her, “Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son’s mandrakes also?” So Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.” 16Then Jacob came in from the field in the evening. And Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night. 17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18And Leah said, “God has given me my 1wages because I gave my servant-woman to my husband.” So she named him Issachar. 19Then Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20And Leah said, “God has gifted me a good gift; this time my husband 1will honor me because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun. 21Afterward she bore a daughter and named her Dinah.