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Genesis
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English: Webster's Bible |
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Genesis 30 [Context] [Commentary] 
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And 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 kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? |
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And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. |
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And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her. |
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And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. |
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And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan. |
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And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. |
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And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. |
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When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife. |
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And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son. |
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And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. |
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And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son. |
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And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. |
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And Reuben went, in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. |
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And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. |
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And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. |
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And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son. |
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And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. |
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And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son. |
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And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dower; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. |
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And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah. |
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And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and rendered her fruitful. |
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And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: |
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And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD will add to me another son. |
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