11 said: 'Happiness!' And for this reason, she called his name Gad.
12 Likewise, Zilpah bore another.
13 And Leah said, 'This one is for my happiness. Indeed, women will call me blessed.' Because of this, she called him Asher.
14 Then Reuben, going out into the field at the time of the wheat harvest, found mandrakes. These he brought to his mother Leah. And Rachel said, 'Give me a portion of your son's mandrakes.'
15 She responded, 'Does it seem like such a small matter to you, that you have usurped from me my husband, unless you will also take my son's mandrakes?' Rachel said, 'He will sleep with you this night because of your son's mandrakes.'
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