< Genesis 30 >
1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no sons, Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I die.
And Rachel sees that she has not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and says to Jacob, “Give me sons, and if there is none—I die.”
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
And Jacob’s anger burns against Rachel, and he says, “Am I in stead of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3 And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain sons by her.
And she says, “Behold, my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she bears on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her”;
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife, and Jacob went in to her.
and she gives Bilhah her maidservant to him for a wife, and Jacob goes in to her;
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
and Bilhah conceives, and bears a son to Jacob,
6 And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.
and Rachel says, “God has decided for me, and has also listened to my voice, and gives a son to me”; therefore she has called his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
And Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, conceives again, and bears a second son to Jacob,
8 And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
and Rachel says, “With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, indeed, I have prevailed”; and she calls his name Napthali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
And Leah sees that she has ceased from bearing, and she takes Zilpah her maidservant, and gives her to Jacob for a wife;
10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.
and Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a son to Jacob,
11 And Leah said, Fortunate! And she called his name Gad.
and Leah says, “A troop is coming”; and she calls his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.
And Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a second son to Jacob,
13 And Leah said, Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy. And she called his name Asher.
and Leah says, “Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me blessed”; and she calls his name Asher.
14 And 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, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
And Reuben goes in the days of wheat-harvest, and finds love-apples in the field, and brings them to his mother Leah, and Rachel says to Leah, “Please give to me of the love-apples of your son.”
15 And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou have taken away my husband? And would thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son's mandrakes.
And she says to her, “Is your taking my husband a little thing, that you have also taken the love-apples of my son?” And Rachel says, “He therefore lies with you tonight, for your son’s love-apples.”
16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
And Jacob comes in from the field at evening; and Leah goes to meet him and says, “You come in to me, for [in] hiring I have hired you with my son’s love-apples”; and he lies with her during that night.
17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
And God listens to Leah, and she conceives, and bears a son to Jacob, a fifth,
18 And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
and Leah says, “God has given my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband”; and she calls his name Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
And Leah conceives again, and she bears a sixth son to Jacob,
20 And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
and Leah says, “God has endowed me—a good dowry; this time my husband dwells with me, for I have borne six sons to him”; and she calls his name Zebulun;
21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
and afterward she has borne a daughter, and calls her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,
23 And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.
and she conceives and bears a son, and says, “God has gathered up my reproach”;
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah adds another son to me.
and she calls his name Joseph, saying, “YHWH is adding to me another son.”
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
And it comes to pass, when Rachel has borne Joseph, that Jacob says to Laban, “Send me away, and I go to my place, and to my land;
26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go, for thou know my service with which I have served thee.
give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and I go; for you have known my service which I have served you.”
27 And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry, for I have learned by experience that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.
And Laban says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake.”
28 And he said, Appoint for me thy wages, and I will give it.
He also says, “Define your hire to me, and I give.”
29 And he said to him, Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.
And he says to him, “You have known that which I have served you [in], and that which your substance was with me;
30 For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
for [it is] little which you have had at my appearance, and it breaks forth into a multitude, and YHWH blesses you at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for my own house?”
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shall not give me anything. If thou will do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.
And he says, “What do I give to you?” And Jacob says, “You do not give me anything; if you do this thing for me, I turn back; I have delight; I watch your flock;
32 I will pass through all thy 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, and of such shall be my hire.
I pass through all your flock today to turn aside every speckled and spotted sheep from there, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats—and it has been my hire;
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me after this, when thou shall come concerning my hire that is before thee. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that is with me, shall be considered stolen.
and my righteousness has answered for me in the day to come, when it comes in for my hire before your face—everyone which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs—it is stolen with me.”
34 And Laban said, Behold, O that it might be according to thy word.
And Laban says, “Behold, O that it were according to your word”;
35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-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.
and he turns aside during that day the striped and the spotted male goats, and all the speckled and the spotted female goats, everyone that [has] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he gives into the hand of his sons,
36 And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
and sets a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.
37 And Jacob took for him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree, and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white which was in the rods appear.
And Jacob takes to himself a rod of fresh poplar and almond and plane-tree, and peels in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods,
38 And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. And they conceived when they came to drink.
and sets up the rods which he has peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (where the flock comes to drink), in front of the flock, that they may conceive in their coming to drink;
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock bears striped, speckled, and spotted ones.
40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban. And he put his own herds apart, and did not put them near Laban's flock.
And Jacob has parted the lambs, and he puts the face of the flock toward the striped, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he sets his own droves by themselves, and has not set them near Laban’s flock.
41 And it came to pass, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods,
And it has come to pass, whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob sets the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,
42 but when the flock were weak, he did not put them in. So the weaker were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
and when the flock is feeble, he does not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones Jacob’s.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
And the man increases very exceedingly, and has many flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys.