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Therefore she called his name Judah. Then 17 And God listened to Leah, and she con-
she stopped bearing. ceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. Leah said,
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Now when Rachel saw that she bore “God has given me my wages, because I have
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sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or his name Issachar. Then Leah conceived
else I die!” again and bore Jacob a sixth son. And Leah
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2 And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Ra- said, “God has endowed me with a good
chel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, endowment; now my husband will dwell with
who has withheld from you the fruit of the me, because I have borne him six sons.” So
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womb?” she called his name Zebulun. Afterward she
bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God
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listened to her and opened her womb. And
she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God
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spoken in a moment of frustration with has taken away my reproach.” So she called
Rachel’s pleading for children and the envy his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall
with which it was expressed, Jacob’s words do add to me another son.”
indicate an understanding that ultimately 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had
God opened and closed the womb. borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send
me away, that I may go to my own place and to
my country. Give me my wives and my chil-
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3 So she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in dren for whom I have served you, and let me
to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, go; for you know my service which I have
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that I also may have children by her.” Then done for you.”
she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and 27 And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I
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Jacob went in to her. And Bilhah conceived have found favor in your eyes, for I have
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and bore Jacob a son. Then Rachel said, “God learned by experience that the LORD has
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has judged my case; and He has also heard my blessed me for your sake.” Then he said,
voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called “Name me your wages, and I will give it.”
his name Dan. And Rachel’s maid Bilhah con- 29 So Jacob said to him, “You know how I
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ceived again and bore Jacob a second son. have served you and how your livestock has
8 Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I been with me. For what you had before I
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have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have came was little, and it has increased to a great
prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali. amount; the LORD has blessed you since my
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bear- coming. And now, when shall I also provide
ing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to for my own house?”
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Jacob as wife. And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore 31 So he said, “What shall I give you?”
Jacob a son. Then Leah said, “A troop And Jacob said, “You shall not give me any-
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comes!” So she called his name Gad. And thing. If you will do this thing for me, I will
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Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. again feed and keep your flocks: Let me pass
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13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daugh- through all your flock today, removing from
ters will call me blessed.” So she called his there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and
name Asher. all the brown ones among the lambs, and the
14 Now Reuben went in the days of wheat spotted and speckled among the goats; and
harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and these shall be my wages. So my righteous-
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brought them to his mother Leah. Then Ra- ness will answer for me in time to come, when
chel said to Leah, “Please give me some of the subject of my wages comes before you:
your son’s mandrakes.” every one that is not speckled and spotted
15 But she said to her, “Is it a small matter among the goats, and brown among the
that you have taken away my husband? Would lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with
you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” me.”
And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with 34 And Laban said, “Oh, that it were accord-
you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.” ing to your word!” So he removed that day
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16 When Jacob came out of the field in the the male goats that were speckled and spot-
evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, ted, all the female goats that were speckled
“You must come in to me, for I have surely and spotted, every one that had some white in
hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he it, and all the brown ones among the lambs,
lay with her that night. and gave them into the hand of his sons.
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