so he goes to rachel and leah and asks them if i leave, will you come with me? they realized their father never really loved them the way that he should have, and they were done. we see that at the end of the day, these women can put aside their rivalries and think about the larger picture, think about their loyalty to each other and to jacob. after rachel and leah left their homeland. yet another family twist. rachel tragically dies in childbirth with benjamin, which is one of the reasons that benjamin becomes so very special to his father, because he is the last reminder of his beloved rachel and of his grief over rachel. it seemed to be a bitter end to a long struggle, but both rachel and leah's children would go on to leave lasting legacies of their own and become central figures in the lord's plans.