Thomson(i)
1 Now when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Jacob, she envied her sister and said to Jacob, Give me children, else I shall die.
2 And Jacob was angry with Rachel and said to her, Am I in God's stead, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
3 Then Rachel said to Jacobs There is my maid Balla; go in unto her, and she shall bring forth on my knees, so I also shall be supplied with children by her means.
4 So she gave him her maid Balla for a wife: and Jacob went in unto her,
5 And Balla Rachel"s maid conceived and bore Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged for me and hath heard my voice and given me a son: for this cause she called his name Dan.
7 And Balla, Rachel"s maid conceived again and bore to Jacob another son.
8 Whereupon Rachel said, God helped me when I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. So she called his name Nephthaleim.
9 Now when Leia saw that she had ceased from bearing, she also took her maid Zelpha and gave her to Jacob for a wife, and he went in unto her.
10 And Zelpha, Leia's maid conceived and bore Jacob a son.
11 Whereupon Leia said, Good luck. So she called his name Gad.
12 And Zelpha, Leia's maid conceived again and bore Jacob another son.
13 Upon which Leia said, Happy am I; for the women will call me happy. So she called his name Aser.
14 And at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found in the field mandragore apples and brought them to his mother Leia. And Rachel said to her sister Leia, Give me some of thy son's mandragores.
15 And Leia said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband? wouldst thou take also my son's mandragores? And Rachel said, Shall I not have them on this condition? Let him be with thee to night for thy son's mandragores.
16 So when Jacob was coming from the field in the evening, Leia went out to meet him and said, Thou must come in to me today; for I have hired thee for my son's mandragores. And he lay with her that night,
17 and God hearkened to Leia and she having conceived bore to Jacob a fifth son.
18 And Leia said, God hath given me my reward for having given my maid to my husband. So she called his name Issachar, that is Reward.
19 And Leia conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20 Whereupon Leia said, God hath now endowed me with a good dowry. My husband will make choice of me, for I have born him six sons. So she called his name Zabulon.
21 And after this she bore a daughter and called her name Deina.