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Genesis 29:31-30:24 — Jacob's Children

Gen.29.31-30.24

³¹Yahweh saw that Leah was unloved , and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. ³²And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben , for she said, “Because Yahweh has looked upon my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.” ³³And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am unloved, he has given me this one also.” And she named him Simeon . ³⁴And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi . ³⁵And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah . Then she stopped giving birth.

Chapter 30

¹When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die!” ²And Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” ³And she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may give birth upon my knees, and I also may build a family through her.” ⁴So she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. ⁵And Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son for Jacob. ⁶And Rachel said, “God has vindicated me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan . ⁷And Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, conceived again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob. ⁸And Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali . ⁹When Leah saw that she had stopped giving birth, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as a wife. ¹⁰And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, gave birth to a son for Jacob. ¹¹And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” And she named him Gad . ¹²And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, gave birth to a second son for Jacob. ¹³And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women will call me happy.” And she named him Asher . ¹⁴Now in the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them to Leah his mother. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.” ¹⁵But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you also take my son's mandrakes?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes.” ¹⁶When Jacob came from the field in the evening, 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. ¹⁷And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob. ¹⁸And Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I gave my maidservant to my husband.” And she named him Issachar . ¹⁹And Leah conceived again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob. ²⁰And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now this time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun . ²¹Afterward she gave birth to a daughter, and she named her Dinah. ²²Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. ²³And she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “God has taken away my reproach.” ²⁴And she named him Joseph , saying, “May Yahweh add to me another son!”

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4/11/2026

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