1 When Rachel saw that she had not borne children to Jacob, she became envious of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children or I shall die!”
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you the fruit of the womb?”
3 She replied, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Have intercourse with her, and let her give birth on my knees, so that I too may have children through her.”
4 So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.
5 When Bilhah conceived and bore a son for Jacob,
6 Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed he has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
7 Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore a second son for Jacob,