31The LORD saw that Leah was hated, so he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.32Leah 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."33She 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.34She 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.35She 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.
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Chapter 30
1When 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!"2Jacob'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?"3And 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."4And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob came to her.5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.6And Rachel said, "God has judged me, and he has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.7She conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob, Bilhah Rachel's handmaid.8And Rachel said, "Wrestlings of God! I have wrestled with my sister; indeed, I was able!" And she called his name Naphtali.9And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.10And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob a son.11Leah said, "A troop has come!" And she called his name Gad.12And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore a second son to Jacob.13Leah said, "In my happiness! For women have called me happy." She called his name Asher.14And 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."15She 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."16And 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.17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.18And Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I gave my female servant to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.19And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.20And 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.21And afterward she gave birth to a daughter and called her name Dinah.22And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.23She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has gathered my reproach."24She called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD has added to me another son."