BIBLE VERSES 2

Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

Genesis 30:5

and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

Genesis 30:6

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

Genesis 30:7

And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

Genesis 30:8

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 30:10

And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

Genesis 30:11

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

Genesis 30:12

When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

Genesis 30:13

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Genesis 30:14

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:15

But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:16

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

Genesis 30:17

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

Genesis 30:18

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Genesis 30:19

Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

Genesis 30:20

“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

Genesis 30:21

After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

Genesis 30:23

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.