Gen 30:1-8 | ESV | STEP | When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister . She said to Jacob , Give me children , or I shall die !

Genesis 30:1-8

1 When Rachel saw that ^ashe bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, ^bwho has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant ^cBilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth ^don my behalf, ^{▼▼Hebrew on my knees} that even I may have children ^{▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children} through her.” 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has ^gjudged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. ^{▼▼ Dan sounds like the Hebrew for judged} 7 Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings ^{▼▼Hebrew With wrestlings of God} I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name ^jNaphtali. ^{▼▼ Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling}