Bilhah became pregnant<n id="1" /> and gave Jacob a son.<n id="2" />

Soon Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">He gave it to Jacob as a decree,p> <p class="poetry">to Israel as a lasting promise,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He gave it to Jacob as a decree,p> <p class="poetry">to Israel as a lasting promise,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He proclaims his word to Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">his statutes and regulations to Israel.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.<n id="1" />

But Jacob said, &#8220;Swear an oath to me now.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So Esau<n id="2" /> swore an oath to him and sold his birthright<n id="3" /> to Jacob.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Laban said to Jacob, &#8220;Should you work<n id="1" /> for me for nothing because you are my relative?<n id="2" /> Tell me what your wages should be.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Bilhah, Rachel&#8217;s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.<n id="1" />

God paid attention<n id="1" /> to Leah; she became pregnant<n id="2" /> and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.<n id="3" />

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there.<n id="1" /> So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban<n id="2" /> and the stronger animals to Jacob.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,&#8221; Laban said to Jacob.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Dinah, Leah&#8217;s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet<n id="1" /> the young women<n id="2" /> of the land.

<p class="poetry">These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.p>

<p class="poetry">They will teach Jacob your ordinancesp> <p class="poetry">and Israel your law;p> <p class="poetry">they will offer incense as a pleasant odor,p> <p class="poetry">and a whole offering on your altar.p>

<p class="poetry">You will be loyal to Jacobp> <p class="poetry">and extend your loyal love to Abraham,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which you promised on oath to our ancestors<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">in ancient times.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave<n id="1" /> her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

&#8220;What have you done?&#8221; Laban demanded of Jacob. &#8220;You&#8217;ve deceived me<n id="1" /> and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Jacob became angry<n id="1" /> and argued with Laban. &#8220;What did I do wrong?&#8221; he demanded of Laban.<n id="2" /> &#8220;What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?<n id="3" />