1 Rachel had no baby. She saw Leah had babies. She said to Jacob, “Give me a baby, or I will die.” 2 Jacob got mad and said, “I am not God. God chose this.” 3 Rachel said, “Here is my maid, Bilhah. Marry her, and she can have a baby for me.” 4 Rachel gave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife. Jacob was with Bilhah. 5 Bilhah had a baby boy for Jacob. 6 Rachel said, “God heard me.” She named the boy Dan. 7 Bilhah had one more baby boy for Jacob. 8 Rachel said, “This was a hard fight with my sister, and I won this time.” She named him Naphtali. 9 Leah saw she stopped having babies. She gave her maid, Zilpah, to Jacob as a wife. 10 Zilpah had a baby boy for Jacob. 11 Leah said, “Good has come!” She named him Gad. 12 Zilpah had one more baby boy for Jacob. 13 Leah said, “I am happy. Girls will call me happy.” She named him Asher. 14 At harvest time, Reuben found a nice plant called mandrakes and gave it to Leah. Rachel said, “Please give me some.” 15 Leah said, “You took my husband. Now you want my son’s plants too?” Rachel said, “You can be with Jacob tonight for the plants.” 16 Jacob came home. Leah met him and said, “Come stay with me. I traded the plants.” He stayed with Leah that night. 17 God heard Leah. She had a fifth baby boy for Jacob. 18 Leah said, “God gave me a gift.” She named him Issachar. 19 Leah had one more baby boy, her sixth. 20 Leah said, “God gave me a good gift. Now my husband will stay with me.” She named him Zebulun. 21 After this, Leah had a girl. She named her Dinah. 22 God cared for Rachel. God let her have a baby. 23 Rachel had a baby boy. She said, “God took my sad away.” 24 She named him Joseph. She said, “May God give me one more baby.” ➕ 25 After Joseph was born, Jacob said to Laban, “Please let me go home.” 26 “Give me my wives and kids. I worked for you. Let me go.” 27 Laban said, “Please stay. I learned God made me do well because of you.” 28 Laban said, “Tell me your pay. I will give it.” 29 Jacob said, “You know I worked hard. Your animals were with me.” 30 “You had little before. Now you have a lot. God made you do well. Now let me care for my own home.” 31 Laban said, “What should I give you?” Jacob said, “Do not give me a thing. Do this one thing, and I will keep your animals.” 32 “I will take the sheep and goats with spots, dots, or brown. That will be my pay.” ⚪️⚫️ 33 “Later you can check. If I have plain ones, you will know I took the wrong ones.” ✔️ 34 Laban said, “Good. We will do it.” 35 That day Laban took the male goats with lines and spots, and the girl goats with spots, and the brown lambs. He gave them to his sons. ➡️ 36 Laban put them three days away from Jacob. Jacob cared for the rest. ♂️♂️♂️ 37 Jacob got green sticks from trees and cut white lines in them. 38 He put the sticks in the water tubs where the animals drank. The animals made babies there. 39 The animals had babies with spots, dots, and lines. ⚫️⚪️ 40 Jacob kept his animals apart and faced them to the spotty ones. He made his own group. ↔️ 41 When strong animals made babies, Jacob put the sticks there. 42 When weak animals made babies, he did not put the sticks there. The weak went to Laban. The strong went to Jacob. ⚖️ 43 Jacob got very rich. He had many animals, maids, men, camels, and donkeys.