Genesis 30

¹And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.

²Then Iaakobs anger was kindled against Rahel, and he sayde, Am I in Gods steade, which hath withholden from thee the fruite of the wombe?

³And she said, Behold my maide Bilhah, goe in to her, and she shall beare vpon my knees, and I shall haue children also by her.

⁴Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

⁵So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.

⁶Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan.

⁷And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne.

⁸Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, and haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali.

⁹And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

¹⁰And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.

¹¹Then sayd Leah, A companie commeth: and she called his name, Gad.

¹²Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne.

¹³Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me. and she called his name, Asher.

¹⁴Nowe Reuben went in the dayes of the wheateharuest, and founde mandrakes in the fielde and brought them vnto his mother Leah. Then sayde Rahel to Leah, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy sonnes mandrakes.