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And she conceived again and bore a son. And she said, Now, this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne to him three sons. So his name was called Levi.

And she conceived again and bore a son. And she said, This time I praise Jehovah. So she called his name Judah. And she ceased from bearing.

And Rachel said, God has judged and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. So she called his name Dan.

And Rachel said, With struggles of God I have wrestled with my sister; yea, I have been able. And she called his name Naphtali.

And Leah said, With fortune. And she called his name Gad.

And Leah said, In my happiness; for the daughters shall call me happy. And she called his name Asher.

And in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went out and found love-apples in the field. And he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Please give to me from the love-apples of your son.

And Leah said, God has given my hire; I gave my slave-girl to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God has given me a good present. This time my husband will live with me, because I have borne six sons to him. And she called his name Zebulun.

And she called his name Joseph, saying, May Jehovah add to me another son.

And he turned out in that day all the striped and spotted lambs, and all the speckled and spotted goats, every one which had white, and every black one among the lambs. And he gave them into the hands of his sons.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and he set the faces of the flock toward the striped, and every black one in the flocks of Laban. And he put his own droves by themselves, and did not put them with the flock of Laban.

And the man increased very much, and many flocks were his, and slave-girls, and male slaves, and camels and asses.

And Jacob sent and called for Rachel and for Leah to come to the field, to his flocks.

And Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

And he drove all the livestock, and he took all his goods which he had gotten, livestock of his property which he had gotten in Padan-aram, to come to his father Isaac, to the land of Canaan.

And Laban went to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the household idols which were her father's.

And he and all that was to him fled. And he rose up and crossed the River and set his face to Mount Gilead.

And he took his brothers with him and pursued him, seven days journey. And he overtook him in Mount Gilead.

And Laban overtook Jacob. And Jacob had pitched his tent at the Mount. And Laban with his brothers had pitched at Mount Gilead.