Genesis 30:1-3

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Rachel’s Children by Bilhah

30 Rachel noticed that she was not bearing children for Jacob, so because she envied her sister Leah, she told Jacob, “If you don’t give me sons, I’m going to die!”

² That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, “Can I take God’s place, who has not allowed you to conceive?”^[a]

³ Rachel^[b] responded, “Here’s my handmaid Bilhah. Go have sex with her. She can bear children^[c] on my knees so I can have children through her.”