Genesis 30 (Today's New International Version)  View In My Bible
1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,1
she became jealous of her sister.2 So she said to Jacob, "Give
me children, or I'll die!" 2 Jacob became angry with her and
said, "Am I in the place of God,3 who has kept you from having
children?"4 3 Then she said, "Here is Bilhah,5 my servant.6
Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too
can build a family through her."7 4 So she gave him her servant
Bilhah as a wife.8 Jacob slept with her,9 5 and she became
pregnant and bore him a son. 6 Then Rachel said, "God has
vindicated me;10 he has listened to my plea and given me a
son."11 Because of this she named him Dan.a12 7 Rachel's servant
Bilhah13 conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then
Rachel said, "I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I
have won."14 So she named him Naphtali.b15 9 When Leah16 saw
that she had stopped having children,17 she took her servant
Zilpah18 and gave her to Jacob as