Rachel

He asked them, "Are things going well with him?""Yes," they answered, "and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, because she took care of them.

When Ya'akov saw Rachel the daughter of Lavan his mother's brother, and the sheep of Lavan his mother's brother, Ya'akov went up and rolled the stone away from the opening of the well and watered the flock of Lavan his mother's brother.

Ya'akov kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

Ya'akov told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rivkah's son; and she ran and told her father.

Now Lavan had two daughters; the name of the older was Le'ah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Le'ah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was good-looking, with beautiful features.

Ya'akov had fallen in love with Rachel and said, "I will work for you seven years in exchange for Rachel your younger daughter."

So Ya'akov worked seven years for Rachel, and it seemed only a few days to him, because he was so much in love with her.

In the morning Ya'akov saw that he was with Le'ah, and he said to Lavan, "What kind of thing is this that you've done to me? Didn't I work for you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?"

Ya'akov agreed to this, so he finished her week, and Lavan gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

Lavan also gave to his daughter Rachel his slave-girl Bilhah as her slave-girl.

So not only did Ya'akov go in and sleep with Rachel, but he also loved Rachel more than Le'ah. Then he served Lavan another seven years.

ADONAI saw that Le'ah was unloved, so he made her fertile, while Rachel remained childless.

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Ya'akov, she envied her sister and said to Ya'akov, "Give me children, or I will die!"

This made Ya'akov angry at Rachel; he answered, "Am I in God's place? He's the one who is denying you children."

Rachel said, "God has judged in my favor; indeed he has heard me and given me a son." Therefore she called him Dan [he judged].

Bilhah Rachel's slave-girl conceived again and bore Ya'akov a second son.

Rachel said, "I have wrestled mightily with my sister and won," and called him Naftali [my wrestling].

During the wheat harvest season Re'uven went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Le'ah. Rachel said to Le'ah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes [so that I can be fertile]."

She answered, "Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? Do you have to take my son's mandrakes too?" Rachel said, "Very well; in exchange for your son's mandrakes, sleep with him tonight."

Then God took note of Rachel, heeded her prayer and made her fertile.

After Rachel had given birth to Yosef, Ya'akov said to Lavan, "Send me on my way, so that I can return to my own place, to my own country.

So Ya'akov sent for Rachel and Le'ah and had them come to the field where his flock was.

Rachel and Le'ah answered him, "We no longer have any inheritance from our father's possessions;