So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(A) Jacob slept with her,(B) and she became pregnant and bore him a son. Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;(C) he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”(D) Because of this she named him Dan.[a](E)

Rachel’s servant Bilhah(F) conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”(G) So she named him Naphtali.[b](H)

When Leah(I) saw that she had stopped having children,(J) she took her servant Zilpah(K) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.
  2. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.

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