9 ULeya esebonile ukuthi ukhawulile ukuzala, wamthatha uZilipa incekukazi yakhe, wamupha uJakobe, abe ngumkakhe.
10 UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wamzalela uJakobe indodana.
11 ULeya wayesethi: “Kwenziwe inhlanhla,” waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uGadi.
12 UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wamzalela indodana yesibili.
13 Wayesethi uLeya: “Yisibusiso sami! Ngokuba izintombi ziyakungibiza ngokuthi ngingobusisiweyo,” waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Asheri.
14 Ngesikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni uRubeni waya wafumana amamandragora* endle, wawayisa kunina uLeya. URaheli wayesethi kuLeya: “Ake ungiphe amamandragora endodana yakho.”
15 Wathi kuye: “Kuncane yini ukuba uthathile umyeni wami na? Usuyakuthatha namamandragora endodana yami na?”URaheli wathi: “Ngalokho uzakulala nawe ngalobu busuku ngamamandragora endodana yakho.”