Genesis 30:1-3

Lexham English Bible

Jacob’s Children

30 When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, “Give me children—if not, I will die!” ² And Jacob became angry^[a] with Rachel. And he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” ³ Then she said, “Here is my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children as my surrogate.^[b] Then I will even have children^[c] by her.”