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Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die!"
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And Jacob's anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
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So she said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her."
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Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
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Then Rachel said, "God has judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.
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And Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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Then Rachel said, "With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.
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When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife.
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And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
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Then Leah said, "A troop comes!" So she called his name Gad.
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And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.