Jacob's Anger at Rachel and the Counsel to Give Bilhah

"And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, etc." — "who has withheld from you." From me He has not withheld, but only from you, for behold, I have children. But Isaac my father did not know whether he was barren or whether she was barren, and he needed to pray. She said to him: But did not Abraham your grandfather not refrain himself from [seeking] mercy, even though he begot Ishmael? He said to her: Do as Sarah did, who gave her maidservant to Abraham. Immediately.