but then to be seeing the woman that you share your husband with your own sister, very fertile, having child after child after child that had to just throw enormous salt in the wound for rachel. rachel said to leah, please give me some of your son to manage. right. but leah said to her, wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? will you take away my son's mandrax to the mandrake plant was thought to increase fertility, but it wasn't until years after rachel got her hands on it that her prayers were answered. and she was blessed with a son named joseph. eventually, she is blessed with children and she's overcome with gratitude, and it's been a long struggle for her. god remembered rachel. he saw her pain and in her prayers over a child. and he answered those for her. genesis tells us as soon as rachel had joseph, a new obstacle arose. laban their father starts accusing jacob of stealing from him. and i can feel like his life is in danger.