1. URaheli esebonile ukuthi wayengamzaleli uJakobe abantwana, uRaheli waba nomhawu ngodadewabo, wathi kuJakobe: “Ngiphe abantwana, funa ngife.”
2. Intukuthelo kaJakobe yayisivuthela uRaheli, wathi: “Ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu okwenqabele isithelo sesizalo na?”
3. Wathi: “Nansi incekukazi yami uBiliha; ngena kuye, ukuze azalele emathangeni ami, ngakheke nami ngaye.”
4. Wayesemupha uBiliha incekukazi yakhe, abe ngumkakhe; uJakobe wangena kuye.
5. UBiliha wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana.
6. Wayesethi uRaheli: “UNkulunkulu ungahlulele, futhi wezwa izwi lami: wangipha indodana,” ngalokho waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uDani.