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The competition between Rachel and Leah is completely out of control! When Leah realizes she has

temporarily stopped having children, she panics. She decides to copy Rachel's trick and gives her own

maidservant, Zilpah, to Jacob as a wife. Zilpah gives birth to two sons: Gad (meaning 'Good Fortune') and

Asher (meaning 'Happy'). Leah thinks she is winning the 'baby war,' declaring how happy she is. But true

happiness doesn't come from a scoreboard, and the silent suffering of the maidservants shows how destructive

human sin is. Today, we will explore the chaos of copying bad behavior, the illusion of happiness, and the

silent victims of the sister-war.