She said, “Here is my slave Bilhah; sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. In this way I can become a mother through her.”
When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.
These seven are the descendants of Jacob by Bilhah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.
He lived to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to receive the children of Machir son of Manasseh into the family.
Why did my mother hold me on her knees? Why did she feed me at her breast?
The leaders and the others said, “Yes, we are witnesses. May the Lord make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrath and famous in Bethlehem.