Genesis 31:4-13 New International Version (NIV) 4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were. 5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with...

Genesis 31:1-2 New International Version (NIV) Jacob Flees From Laban 31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude...

Genesis 30:37-43 New International Version (NIV) 37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches. 38 Then he placed the peeled...

Genesis 30:22-24 New International Version (NIV) 22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” 24 She named him Joseph, and said, “May...

Genesis 30:4-13 New International Version (NIV) 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her, 5 and she became pregnant and bore him a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of...

Genesis 30:3 New International Version (NIV) 3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.” Each of the great patriarchs from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob had wives who had...

Genesis 29:32 New International Version (NIV) 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.” Today, parents may give their child a name that sounds...