Genesis 30:1-21 When Rachel sawe that she bare no children vnto Iacob, she had enuye at hir sister, & saide vnto Iacob: Geue me childre also, or els I am but deed.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ When Rachel sawe that she bare no children vnto Iacob, she had enuye at hir sister, & saide vnto Iacob: Geue me childre also, or els I am but deed. ² But Iacob was very wroth at Rachel, & sayde: Am I then in Gods steade, which kepeth ye frute of yi wombe from ye? ³ Neuertheles she sayde: Beholde, there is Bilha my mayden, lye wt her, yt she maye beare vpon my lappe, & that I maye be increased by her. ⁴ And so she gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. And Iacob laye with her. ⁵ So Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne. ⁶ Then sayde Rachel: God hath geuen sentence on my syde, and herde my voyce, and geue me a sonne, therfore called she him Dan. ⁷ Bilha Rachels mayde coceaued agayne, and bare another sonne vnto Iacob. ⁸ Then sayde Rachel: God hath turned it with me, and my sister, and I haue gotte the vpperhande. And she called him Nephthali. ⁹ Now whan Lea sawe that she had left bearynge, she toke Silpa hir mayde, and gaue her vnto Iacob to wyfe. ¹⁰ So Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne. ¹¹ Then saide Lea: This is good lucke, & she called him Gad. ¹² After this Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob another sonne. ¹³ Then sayde Lea: Well is me, for the doughters will call me blessed, and she called him Asser. ¹⁴ Ruben wente out in the tyme of ye wheate haruest, and founde Mandragoras in the felde, and brought them home vnto his mother Lea. Then sayde Rachel vnto Lea: Geue me some of yi sonnes Madragoras. ¹⁵ She answered: Hast thou not ynough that thou hast taken awaye my husbande, but wilt take awaye my sonnes Mandragoras also? Rachel saide: Wel, let him lye with the this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras. ¹⁶ Now whan Iacob came home at euen from the felde, Lea wente forth to mete him, and sayde: Thou shalt lye wt me, for I haue bought the for my sonnes Mandragoras. And he slepte with her that night. ¹⁷ And God herde Lea, and she conceaued, and bare Iacob the fifth sonne, ¹⁸ & sayde: God hath rewarded me, because I gaue my mayden vnto my husbande, and she called him Isachar. ¹⁹ Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob the sixte sonne, ²⁰ and sayde: God hath endewed me with a good dowry. Now wyll my husbande dwell with me agayne, for I haue borne him sixe sonnes, & she called him Zabulon. ²¹ After that she bare a doughter, whom she called Dina.