4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid aas wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
6 Then Rachel said, “God has ajudged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name1 Dan.
7 And Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Then Rachel said, “With1 great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name2 Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and agave her to Jacob as wife.
10 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 Then Leah said,1 “A troop comes!” So she called his name2 Gad.
12 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters awill call me blessed.” So she called his name1 Asher.
14 Now 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, a“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 But she said to her, a“Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 30:6.
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