تكوين 29
| وَتَابَعَ يَعْقُوبُ رِحْلَتَهُ حَتَّى وَصَلَ أَرْضَ حَارَانَ. | ١ 1 |
Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
| وَتَطَلَّعَ حَوْلَهُ فَشَاهَدَ بِئْراً فِي الْحَقْلِ، تَرْبِضُ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاثَةُ قُطْعَانِ غَنَمٍ، لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسْقُونَ الْقُطْعَانَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْبِئْرِ. وَكَانَ الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي عَلَى فَمِ الْبِئْرِ كَبِيراً، | ٢ 2 |
He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
| فَكَانَ رُعَاةُ جَمِيعِ الْقُطْعَانِ يَجْتَمِعُونَ هُنَاكَ، وَيُدَحْرِجُونَ الْحَجَرَ عَنْ فَمِ الْبِئْرِ وَيَسْقُونَ الْغَنَمَ. ثُمَّ يَرُدُّونَ الْحَجَرَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ عَلَى فَمِ الْبِئْرِ. | ٣ 3 |
When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَعْقُوبُ: «يَا إِخْوَتِي مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتُمْ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «نَحْنُ مِنْ حَارَانَ». | ٤ 4 |
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
| فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَتَعْرِفُونَ لابَانَ بْنَ نَاحُورَ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «نَعْرِفُهُ». | ٥ 5 |
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَهُوَ بِخَيْرٍ؟». فَأَجَابُوهُ: «هُوَ بِخَيْرٍ، وَهَا هِيَ رَاحِيلُ ابْنَتُهُ مُقْبِلَةٌ مَعَ الْغَنَمِ». | ٦ 6 |
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هُوَذَا النَّهَارُ مَازَالَ طَوِيلاً، وَلَيْسَ هَذَا أَوَانَ اجْتِمَاعِ الْمَوَاشِي، فَاسْقُوا الْغَنَمَ وَامْضُوا بِها إلَى الْمَرَاعِي». | ٧ 7 |
“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
| فَقَالُوا: «لا يُمْكِنُنَا ذَلِكَ إِلّا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَجْتَمِعَ جَمِيعُ الْقُطْعَانِ وَرُعَاتُهَا فَيُدَحْرِجُوا الْحَجَرَ عَنْ فَمِ الْبِئْرِ، فَنَسْقِي الْغَنَمَ». | ٨ 8 |
But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
| وَفِيمَا هُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَقْبَلَتْ رَاحِيلُ مَعَ غَنَمِ أَبِيهَا لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ رَاعِيَةً أَيْضاً. | ٩ 9 |
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَآهَا يَعْقُوبُ، تَقَدَّمَ وَدَحْرَجَ الْحَجَرَ عَنْ فَمِ الْبِئْرِ وَسَقَى غَنَمَ خَالِهِ لابَانَ. | ١٠ 10 |
As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
| وَقَبَّلَ يَعْقُوبُ رَاحِيلَ وَأَجْهَشَ بِالْبُكَاءِ، | ١١ 11 |
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
| ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَهَا أَنَّهُ قَرِيبُ وَالِدِهَا وَأَنَّهُ ابْنُ رِفْقَةَ. فَرَكَضَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ أَبَاهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
| فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ لابَانُ بِخَبَرِ ابْنِ أُخْتِهِ أَسْرَعَ لِلِقَائِهِ وَعَانَقَهُ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَأَحْضَرَهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ. فَقَصَّ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَى لابَانَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ. | ١٣ 13 |
When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ لابَانُ: «حَقّاً إِنَّكَ عَظْمِي وَلَحْمِي». وَأَقَامَ عِنْدَهُ نَحْوَ شَهْرٍ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
| وَقَالَ لابَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هَلْ لأَنَّكَ قَرِيبِي تَخْدُمُنِي مَجَّاناً؟ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا أُجْرَتُكَ؟» | ١٥ 15 |
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
| وَكَانَ لِلابَانَ ابْنَتَانِ، اسْمُ الْكُبْرَى لَيْئَةُ وَاسْمُ الصُّغْرَى رَاحِيلُ، | ١٦ 16 |
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
| وَكَانَتْ لَيْئَةُ ضَعِيفَةَ الْبَصَرِ، وَأَمَّا رَاحِيلُ فَكَانَتْ جَمِيلَةَ الصُّورَةِ وَحَسَنَةَ الْمَنْظَرِ. | ١٧ 17 |
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
| فَأَحَبَّ يَعْقُوبُ رَاحِيلَ. وَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ خَالَهُ: «أَخْدِمُكَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ لِقَاءَ زَوَاجِي بِرَاحِيلَ ابْنَتِكَ الصُّغْرَى». | ١٨ 18 |
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
| فَقَالَ لابَانُ: «أَنْ أُزَوِّجَهَا مِنْكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ أزَوِّجَهَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ، فَامْكُثْ عِنْدِي». | ١٩ 19 |
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
| فَخَدَمَ يَعْقُوبُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ لِيَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ رَاحِيلَ بَدَتْ فِي نَظَرِهِ كَأَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، لِفَرْطِ مَحَبَّتِهِ لَهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِلابَانَ: «أَعْطِنِي زَوْجَتِي لأَنَّ خِدْمَتِي قَدْ كَمُلَتْ فَأَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهَا». | ٢١ 21 |
Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
| فَجَمَعَ لابَانُ سَائِرَ أَهْلِ النَّاحِيَةِ وَأَقَامَ لَهُمْ مَأْدُبَةً. | ٢٢ 22 |
So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
| وَعِنْدَمَا حَلَّ الْمَسَاءُ حَمَلَ ابْنَتَهُ لَيْئَةَ وَزَفَّهَا إِلَيْهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا | ٢٣ 23 |
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
| وَوَهَبَ لابَانُ زِلْفَةَ جَارِيَتَهُ لِتَكُونَ جَارِيَةً لابْنَتِهِ لَيْئَةَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ اكْتَشَفَ يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ بِلَيْئَةَ، فَقَالَ لِلابَانَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي؟ أَلَمْ أَخْدِمْكَ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ لِقَاءَ زَوَاجِي مِنْ رَاحِيلَ؟ فَلِمَاذَا خَدَعْتَنِي؟». | ٢٥ 25 |
When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
| فَأَجَابَهُ لابَانُ: «لَيْسَ مِنْ عَادَةِ بِلادِنَا أَنْ نُزَوِّجَ الصَّغِيرَةَ قَبْلَ الْبِكْرِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
| أَكْمِلْ أُسْبُوعَ لَيْئَةَ ثُمَّ نُزَوِّجُكَ مِنْ رَاحِيلَ، لِقَاءَ خِدْمَتِكَ لِي سَبْعَ سِنِينَ أُخَرَ». | ٢٧ 27 |
Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
| فَوَافَقَ يَعْقُوبُ، وَأَكْمَلَ أُسْبُوعَ لَيْئَةَ، فَأَعْطَاهُ لابَانُ رَاحِيلَ ابْنَتَهُ زَوْجَةً أَيْضاً. | ٢٨ 28 |
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
| وَوَهَبَ لابَانُ بِلْهَةَ جَارِيَتَهُ لِتَكُونَ جَارِيَةً لابْنَتِهِ رَاحِيلَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
| فَدَخَلَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَى رَاحِيلَ أَيْضاً، وَأَحَبَّ رَاحِيلَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ لَيْئَةَ. وَخَدَمَ خَالَهُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ أُخَرَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّ لَيْئَةَ مَكْرُوهَةٌ جَعَلَهَا مُنْجِبَةً، أَمَّا رَاحِيلُ فَكَانَتْ عَاقِراً. | ٣١ 31 |
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
| فَحَمَلَتْ لَيْئَةُ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً دَعَتْهُ رَأُوبَيْنَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: هُوَذَا ابْنٌ) لأَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: «حَقّاً قَدْ نَظَرَ الرَّبُّ إِلَى مَذَلَّتِي، فَالآنَ يُحِبُّنِي زَوْجِي». | ٣٢ 32 |
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
| وَحَمَلَتْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً، فَقَالَتْ: «لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَمِعَ أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ مَكْرُوهَةً رَزَقَنِي هَذَا الابْنَ أَيْضاً». فَدَعَتْهُ شِمْعُونَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: سَمِيعٌ) | ٣٣ 33 |
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
| ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ مَرَّةً ثَالِثَةً وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً فَقَالَتْ: «الآنَ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةِ يَتَّحِدُ بِي زَوْجِي، لأَنَّنِي أَنْجَبْتُ لَهُ ثَلاثَةَ بَنِينَ». لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُهُ لاوِي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مُتَّحِدٌ) | ٣٤ 34 |
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
| وَحَبِلَتْ مَرَّةً رَابِعَةً وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً فَقَالَتْ: «فِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةِ أَحْمَدُ الرَّبَّ». لِذَلِكَ دَعَتْهُ يَهُوذَا (وَمَعْنَاهُ: حَمْدٌ). ثُمَّ تَوَقَّفَتْ عَنِ الْوِلادَةِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
