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١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَنَّهَا عَاقِرٌ، غَارَتْ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا، وَقَالَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هَبْ لِي بَنِينَ وَإلَّا فَإِنِّي أَمُوتُ».

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

٢ 2 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى رَاحِيلَ وَقَالَ: «أَلَعَلِّي أَقُومُ مَقَامَ اللهِ الَّذِي حَرَمَكِ مِنَ الإِنْجَابِ؟»

Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

٣ 3 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هَا هِيَ جَارِيَتِي بِلْهَةُ، عَاشِرْهَا فَتَلِدَ وَيَكُونَ لِي مِنْهَا بَنُونَ».

She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”

٤ 4 وَأَعْطَتْهُ بِلْهَةَ زَوْجَةً فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا يَعْقُوبُ.

She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

٥ 5 وَحَمَلَتْ بِلْهَةُ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً.

Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

٦ 6 فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ: «قَدْ قَضَى اللهُ لِي وَأَصْغَى لِصَوْتِي وَرَزَقَنِي ابْناً». لِذَلِكَ دَعَتْهُ دَاناً (وَمَعْنَاهُ: قَاضٍ).

Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

٧ 7 ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ بِلْهَةُ جَارِيَةُ رَاحِيلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً ثَانِياً،

Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

٨ 8 فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ: «قَدْ تَصَارَعْتُ مَعَ أُخْتِي مُصَارَعَاتٍ عَنِيفَةً وَظَفِرْتُ». وَدَعَتْهُ نَفْتَالِي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مُصَارَعَتِي).

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

٩ 9 وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ لَيْئَةُ أَنَّهَا كَفَّتْ عَنِ الْوِلادَةِ، أَخَذَتْ جَارِيَتَهَا زِلْفَةَ وَأَعْطَتْهَا لِيَعْقُوبَ زَوْجَةً،

When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

١٠ 10 فَأَنْجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ جَارِيَةُ لَيْئَةَ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.

١١ 11 فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «يَا لَحُسْنِ الْحَظِّ!» وَدَعَتْهُ جَاداً (وَمَعْنَاهُ: فَأْلٌ حَسَنٌ، أَوْ كَتِيبَةٌ قَادِمَةٌ).

Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.

١٢ 12 وَأَنْجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ جَارِيَةُ لَيْئَةُ ابْناً ثَانِياً لِيَعْقُوبَ،

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «يَا لَغِبْطَتِي، لأَنَّ النِّسَاءَ سَيَدْعُونَنِي الْمَغْبُوطَةَ». وَأَسْمَتْهُ أَشِيْرَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: سَعِيدٌ أَوْ مَغْبُوطٌ).

Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

١٤ 14 وَذَهَبَ رَأُوبَيْنُ فِي مَوْسِمِ حَصَادِ الْقَمْحِ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ، فَعَثَرَ فِيهِ عَلَى نَبَاتِ اللُّفَّاحِ وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أُمِّهِ لَيْئَةَ. فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ لِلَيْئَةَ: «أَعْطِنِي مِنْ لُفَّاحِ ابْنِكِ».

Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

١٥ 15 فَأَجَابَتْهَا: «أَلَمْ يَكْفِ أَنَّكِ أَخَذْتِ مِنِّي زَوْجِي، وَالآنَ تُرِيِدينَ أَنْ تَأْخُذِي لُفَّاحَ ابْنِي أَيْضاً؟» فَأَجَابَتْهَا رَاحِيلُ: «إِذاً يُعَاشِرُكِ اللَّيلَةَ لِقَاءَ لُفَّاحِ ابْنِكِ».

Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”

١٦ 16 وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنَ الْحَقَلِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ خَرَجَتْ لَيْئَةُ لِلِقَائِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «إِلَيَّ تَجِيءُ اللَّيْلَةَ لأَنَّنِي قَدِ اسْتَأْجَرْتُكَ بِلُفَّاحِ ابْنِي». فَعَاشَرَهَا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ.

Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.

١٧ 17 وَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ لِلَيْئَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً خَامِساً.

God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

١٨ 18 فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «قَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللهُ أُجْرَتِي لأَنَّنِي وَهَبْتُ جَارِيَتِي لِزَوْجِي». وَدَعَتْهُ يَسَّاكَرَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: يَعْمَلُ بِأُجْرَةٍ)

Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

١٩ 19 وَحَبِلَتْ لَيْئَةُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً سَادِساً.

Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

٢٠ 20 وَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «قَدَ وَهَبَنِي اللهُ هِبَةً ثَمِينَةً، وَالآنَ يُقِيمُ مَعِي زَوْجِي لأَنِّي أَنْجَبْتُ لَهُ سِتَّةَ بَنِينَ». وَدَعَتْهُ زَبُولُونَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ إِقَامَةُ).

Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ أَنْجَبَتِ ابْنَةً دَعَتْهَا «دِينَةَ».

Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

٢٢ 22 وَذَكَرَ اللهُ رَاحِيلَ وَاسْتَجَابَ لَهَا وَفَتَحَ رَحِمَهَا،

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

٢٣ 23 فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً وَقَالَتْ: «قَدَ نَزَعَ اللهُ عَنِّي عَارِي».

She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

٢٤ 24 وَدَعَتْهُ يُوسُفَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ يَزِيدُ) قَائِلَةً: «لِيَزِدْنِي الرَّبُّ ابْناً آخَرَ».

She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”

٢٥ 25 وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَدَتْ رَاحِيلُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِلابَانَ: «أَخْلِ سَبِيلِي فَأَنْطَلِقَ إِلَى بَلَدِي وَإِلَى أَرْضِي،

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

٢٦ 26 وَأَعْطِنِي نِسَائِي وَأَوْلادِي الَّذِينَ خَدَمْتُكَ بِهِمْ، وَدَعْنِي أَمْضِي، فَأَنْتَ تُدْرِكُ أَيَّةَ خِدْمَةٍ خَدَمْتُكَ».

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”

٢٧ 27 فَقَالَ لَهُ لابَانُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَأَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعِي، لأَنَّنِي عَرَفْتُ بِالتَّفَاؤُلِ بِالْغَيْبِ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ بَارَكَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ».

Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”

٢٨ 28 وَأَضَافَ: «عَيِّنْ لِي أُجْرَتَكَ فَأُعْطِيَكَ إِيَّاهَا».

He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”

٢٩ 29 فَقَالَ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ خَدَمْتُكَ، وَمَاذَا آلَتْ إِلَيْهِ مَوَاشِيكَ تَحْتَ رِعَايَتِي،

Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

٣٠ 30 فَالْقَلِيلُ الَّذِي كَانَ لَكَ قَبْلَ مَجِيئِي ازْدَادَ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً، فَبَارَكَكَ الرَّبُّ مُنْذُ أَنْ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكَ، وَالآنَ مَتَى أَشْرَعُ فِي تَحْصِيلِ رِزْقِ عَائِلَتِي؟»

For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”

٣١ 31 فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «لا تُعْطِنِي شَيْئاً. وَلَكِنْ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ، فَاصْنَعْ لِي هَذَا الأَمْرَ الْوَاحِدَ فَأَذْهَبَ وَأَرْعَى غَنَمَكَ وَأَعْتَنِيَ بِها:

Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.

٣٢ 32 دَعْنِي أَمُرُّ الْيَوْمَ بَيْنَ مَوَاشِيكَ كُلِّهَا، فَتَعْزِلَ مِنْهَا كُلَّ شَاةٍ رَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ وَسَوْدَاءَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْخِرْفَانِ، وَكُلَّ بَلْقَاءَ وَرَقْطَاءَ بَيْنَ الْمِعْزَى، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ أُجْرَتِي.

I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.

٣٣ 33 وَتَكُونُ أَمَانَتِي شَاهِدَةً عَلَى صِدْقِ خِدْمَتِي فِي مُسْتَقْبَلِ الأَيَّامِ. فَإِذَا جِئْتَ تَفْحَصُ أُجْرَتِي، وَوَجَدْتَ عِنْدِي مَا لَيْسَ أَرْقَطَ أَوْ أَبْلَقَ بَيْنَ الْمِعْزَى وَأَسْوَدَ بَيْنَ الْخِرْفَانِ، يَكُونُ مَسْرُوقاً عِنْدِي».

So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.”

٣٤ 34 فَقَالَ لابَانُ: «لِيَكُنْ وَفْقاً لِقَوْلِكَ».

Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”

٣٥ 35 وَعَزَلَ لابَانُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ التُّيُوسَ الْمُخَطَّطَةَ وَالْبَلْقَاءَ، وَكُلَّ عَنْزٍ رَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ، كُلَّ مَا فِيهِ بَيَاضٌ وَكُلَّ خَرُوفٍ أَسْوَدَ. وَعَهِدَ بِها إِلَى أَبْنَاءِ يَعْقُوبَ.

That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

٣٦ 36 وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَعْقُوبَ مَسَافَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ يَعْقُوبُ يَرْعَى مَوَاشِي لابَانَ.

He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

٣٧ 37 وَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ قُضْبَاناً خَضْرَاءَ مِنْ أَشْجَارِ اللُّبْنَى وَاللَّوْزِ وَالدُّلْبِ وَقَلَّمَهَا بِخُطُوطٍ بَيْضَاءَ كَاشِفاً عَمَّا تَحْتَ الْقِشْرَةِ مِنْ بَيَاضٍ،

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

٣٨ 38 وَنَصَبَ الْقُضْبَانَ الَّتِي قَلَّمَهَا تِجَاهَ الْغَنَمِ فِي أَجْرَانِ مَسَاقِي الْمَاءِ حَيْثُ تَرِدُ الْمَوَاشِي، فَتَتَوَحَّمُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا مَا أَقْبَلَتْ لِتَشْرَبَ.

He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

٣٩ 39 فَكَانَتِ الْغَنَمُ تَتَوَحَّمُ عِنْدَ الْقُضْبَانِ، فَتَلِدُ غَنَماً مُخَطَّطَةً وَرَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ.

The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.

٤٠ 40 وَفَرَزَ يَعْقُوبُ الْحُمْلانَ، وَجَعَلَ مُقَدِّمَةَ الْمَوَاشِي فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ مَا هُوَ مُخَطَّطٌ وَأَسْوَدُ مِنْ غَنَمِ لابَانَ، وَأَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ قُطْعَاناً عَلَى حِدَةٍ بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنْ غَنَمِ لابَانَ.

Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.

٤١ 41 فَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ كُلَّمَا تَوَحَّمَتِ الْغَنَمُ الْقَوِيَّةُ يَنْصِبُ الْقُضْبَانَ أَمَامَ عُيُونِ الْمَوَاشِي فِي الأَجْرَانِ لِتَتَوَحَّمَ بَيْنَ الْقُضْبَانِ.

Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the watering troughs, that they might conceive among the rods;

٤٢ 42 وَحِينَ تَكُونُ الْغَنَمُ ضَعِيفَةً، لَا يَضَعُ الْقُضْبَانَ أَمَامَهَا، فَصَارَتِ الضَّعِيفَةُ لِلابَانَ وَالْقَوِيَّةُ لِيَعْقُوبَ.

but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

٤٣ 43 فَاغْتَنَى الرَّجُلُ جِدّاً، وَكَثُرَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ وَجَوَارِيهِ وَعَبِيدُهُ وَجِمَالُهُ وَحَمِيرُهُ.

The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.