Genesis 30:1-24 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Genesis 30:1-24

The Sons of Jacob

Then 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.” 2 Then 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?” 3 And she said, “^aHere is my maidservant Bilhah, go in to her that she may ^bbear on my knees, that ¹^athrough her I too may obtain children.” 4 So ^ashe gave him her servant-woman Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then 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. 7 And Rachel’s servant-woman Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 So Rachel said, “With ¹mighty wrestlings I have ²wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali.
9 Then Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, so she took her servant-woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 And Leah’s servant-woman Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “¹How fortunate!” So she named him ²Gad. 12 And Leah’s servant-woman Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “¹Happy am I! For women ^awill call me happy.” So she named him ²Asher.
14 And 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.” 15 But 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.” 16 Then 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. 17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 And Leah said, “God has given me my ¹wages because I gave my servant-woman to my husband.” So she named him Issachar. 19 Then Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And 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. 21 Afterward she bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 Then ^aGod remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and ^bopened her womb. 23 So she conceived and bore a son and said, “God has ^ataken away my reproach.” 24 And she named him Joseph, saying, “^aMay Yahweh ¹give me another son.”