surrogate motherhood

Genesis Chapter 30:1

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.

Genesis Chapter 30:2

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?

Genesis Chapter 30:3

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

Genesis Chapter 30:4

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

Genesis Chapter 30:5

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

Genesis Chapter 30:6

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Genesis Chapter 30:7

And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

Genesis Chapter 30:8

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Genesis Chapter 30:9

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

Genesis Chapter 30:10

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

Genesis Chapter 30:11

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

Genesis Chapter 30:12

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

Genesis Chapter 30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Genesis Chapter 30:14

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Genesis Chapter 30:15

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

Genesis Chapter 30:16

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Genesis Chapter 30:17

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

Genesis Chapter 30:18

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

Genesis Chapter 30:19

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

Genesis Chapter 30:20

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

Genesis Chapter 30:21

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

Genesis Chapter 30:22

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

Genesis Chapter 30:23

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

Genesis Chapter 30:24

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

Psalm Chapter 127:3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.