Löydetty 457 Tulokset: story of Esau and Jacob
Rachel, seeing that she herself gave Jacob no children, became jealous of her sister. And she said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I shall die!' (Genesis 30, 1)
This made Jacob angry with Rachel, and he retorted, 'Am I in the position of God, who has denied you motherhood?' (Genesis 30, 2)
So she gave him her slave-girl Bilhah as concubine. Jacob slept with her, (Genesis 30, 4)
and Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son by Jacob. (Genesis 30, 5)
Again Rachel's slave-girl Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a second son by Jacob. (Genesis 30, 7)
Now Leah, seeing that she had ceased to bear children, took her slave-girl Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine. (Genesis 30, 9)
So Leah's slave-girl Zilpah gave birth to a son by Jacob. (Genesis 30, 10)
Leah's slave-girl Zilpah gave birth to a second son by Jacob. (Genesis 30, 12)
When Jacob came back from the fields that night, Leah went out to meet him and said, 'You must come to me, for I have hired you at the price of my son's mandrakes.' So he slept with her that night. (Genesis 30, 16)
God heard Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son by Jacob. (Genesis 30, 17)
Again Leah conceived and gave birth to a sixth son by Jacob, (Genesis 30, 19)
When Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, 'Release me and let me go home to my own country. (Genesis 30, 25)