²⁷ And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;

¹⁹ The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

¹⁸ And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

¹⁹ And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

²⁰ And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

²¹ Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

²⁸ And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

²² Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

²³ And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

²⁴ And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

²⁵ Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

¹⁶ So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

¹⁷ And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

¹⁸ And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.