Genesis 30:1-21

Bishops(i) 1 Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead 2 And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe 3 Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her 4 And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her 5 And Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne 6 Then saide Rachel: God hath geuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath geuen me a sonne: therfore called she hym Dan 7 And Bilha Rachels seruant conceaued againe, & bare Iacob another sonne 8 And Rachel said: With godly wrastlynges haue I wrastled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and she called his name Nephthali 9 When Lea sawe that she had left bearyng chyldren she toke Zilpha her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wyfe 10 And Zilpha Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne 11 Then sayde Lea, Good lucke: and called his name Gad 12 And Zilpha Leas seruaunt bare Iacob an other sonne 13 Then saide Lea: happy am I, for the daughters wyll call me blessed: and called his name Aser 14 And Ruben went out in the dayes of the wheate haruest, & founde Mandragoras in the fielde, and brought them vnto his mother Lea. Then said Rachel to Lea: Geue me I praye thee of thy sonnes Mandragoras 15 To whom Lea aunswered: Is it not enough that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my sonnes Mandragoras also? Then saide Rachel: well, let hym sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras 16 And Iacob came from the fielde at euen, and Lea went out to meete hym, and sayde: thou shalt come in to me, for I haue bought thee in deede with my sonne Mandragoras. And he slept with her that same nyght 17 And God hearde Lea, that she conceaued, and bare Iacob the fift sonne 18 Then sayde Lea: God hath geuen me a rewarde, because I gaue my mayden to my husbande: and she called him Isachar 19 And Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob the sixt sonne 20 And Lea sayde: God hath endued me with a good dowrie, nowe wyll my husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne hym sixe sonnes: and called his name Zabulon 21 After that, she bare a daughter, and called her name Dina