Chapter 29
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The LORD saw that Leah was hated, so he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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Leah conceived and bore a son and called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has seen my affliction, now my husband will love me."
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She conceived again and bore a son and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon.
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She conceived again and bore a son and said, "Now this time my husband will be joined to me, for I have borne him three sons." Therefore she called his name Levi.
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She conceived again and bore a son and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah, and she ceased bearing.
Chapter 30
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When Rachel saw that she had not borne children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I will die!"
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Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
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And she said, "Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Go in to her, and she will bear on my knees, and I too will build from her."
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And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob came to her.
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And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
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And Rachel said, "God has judged me, and he has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.
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She conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob, Bilhah Rachel's handmaid.
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And Rachel said, "Wrestlings of God! I have wrestled with my sister; indeed, I was able!" And she called his name Naphtali.
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And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
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And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob a son.
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Leah said, "A troop has come!" And she called his name Gad.
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And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore a second son to Jacob.
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Leah said, "In my happiness! For women have called me happy." She called his name Asher.
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And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes."
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She said to her, "Is it a little that you have taken my husband? And you have also taken my mandrakes, my son?" And Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight in place of my mandrakes, your son."
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And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said to him, "Come to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes." And he lay with her that night.
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And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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And Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I gave my female servant to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.
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And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
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And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment this time; my husband will dwell with me, for I have borne him six sons.” And she called his name Zebulun.
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And afterward she gave birth to a daughter and called her name Dinah.
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And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
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She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has gathered my reproach."
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She called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD has added to me another son."