Jacob had more sons and a daughter

30 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I think I will die!” 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “◄I am not God!/Am I God?► [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!” 3 Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. ◄Sleep with/Have sex with► [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though ◄I have children/her children are mine►.” 4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her. 5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, “God has ◄vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right►. He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’. 7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob. 8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’.

9 When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him. 10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob. 11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, which means ‘fortunate’. 12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob. 13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, which means ‘happy.’

14 When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some ◄mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant►. He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!” 15 But Leah said to her, “No! ◄It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?► [RHQ] Now ◄are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, so that you can become pregnant!►” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” So Leah ◄agreed/gave her some►.

16 When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes that enable women to become pregnant, to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night. 17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob. 18 Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’.

19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob. 20 Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. ◄This time/Now► my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’.

21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.

22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed for not having children.” 24 She named him Joseph, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’ and she said, ‘ want Yahweh to give me another son.’