178. And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied
her sister, and said unto Jacob. Give me children, or else I die.. And
Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb: And she said,
Behold my maid Bilhah, _go in into her; and she shall bare upon my
knees, that I may also have children by her_. And she gave him Bilhah
her handmaid to wife and Jacob _went in unto her_. And Bilhah conceived,
and bare Jacob a son. Genesis xxx. 1 to 5.
179. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into
the two maid servants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of
Leah's tent, and entered into Baehel's tent. _Now Rachel had taken the
images_, and put them into the camel's furniture, _and sat upon them_,
and Laban searched all the tent but found them not. And she said to her
father, Let it not displease my lord, that I cannot rise up before thee:
_for the custom of women is upon me_: and he searched, but found not the
images. Gen, xxxi. 33 to 35.