Genesis 30
1 And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَنَّهَا عَاقِرٌ، غَارَتْ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا، وَقَالَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هَبْ لِي بَنِينَ وَإلَّا فَإِنِّي أَمُوتُ». | ١ |
2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
| فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى رَاحِيلَ وَقَالَ: «أَلَعَلِّي أَقُومُ مَقَامَ اللهِ الَّذِي حَرَمَكِ مِنَ الإِنْجَابِ؟» | ٢ |
3 But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هَا هِيَ جَارِيَتِي بِلْهَةُ، عَاشِرْهَا فَتَلِدَ وَيَكُونَ لِي مِنْهَا بَنُونَ». | ٣ |
4 And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
| وَأَعْطَتْهُ بِلْهَةَ زَوْجَةً فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا يَعْقُوبُ. | ٤ |
5 When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.
| وَحَمَلَتْ بِلْهَةُ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً. | ٥ |
6 And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan.
| فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ: «قَدْ قَضَى اللهُ لِي وَأَصْغَى لِصَوْتِي وَرَزَقَنِي ابْناً». لِذَلِكَ دَعَتْهُ دَاناً (وَمَعْنَاهُ: قَاضٍ). | ٦ |
7 And again Bala conceived and bore another,
| ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ بِلْهَةُ جَارِيَةُ رَاحِيلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً ثَانِياً، | ٧ |
8 For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.
| فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ: «قَدْ تَصَارَعْتُ مَعَ أُخْتِي مُصَارَعَاتٍ عَنِيفَةً وَظَفِرْتُ». وَدَعَتْهُ نَفْتَالِي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مُصَارَعَتِي). | ٨ |
9 Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ لَيْئَةُ أَنَّهَا كَفَّتْ عَنِ الْوِلادَةِ، أَخَذَتْ جَارِيَتَهَا زِلْفَةَ وَأَعْطَتْهَا لِيَعْقُوبَ زَوْجَةً، | ٩ |
10 And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,
| فَأَنْجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ جَارِيَةُ لَيْئَةَ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً | ١٠ |
11 She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
| فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «يَا لَحُسْنِ الْحَظِّ!» وَدَعَتْهُ جَاداً (وَمَعْنَاهُ: فَأْلٌ حَسَنٌ، أَوْ كَتِيبَةٌ قَادِمَةٌ). | ١١ |
12 Zelpha also bore another.
| وَأَنْجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ جَارِيَةُ لَيْئَةُ ابْناً ثَانِياً لِيَعْقُوبَ، | ١٢ |
13 And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.
| فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «يَا لَغِبْطَتِي، لأَنَّ النِّسَاءَ سَيَدْعُونَنِي الْمَغْبُوطَةَ». وَأَسْمَتْهُ أَشِيْرَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: سَعِيدٌ أَوْ مَغْبُوطٌ). | ١٣ |
14 And Ruben, going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son’s mandrakes.
| 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». | ١٤ |
15 She answered: Dost thou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, unless thou take also my son’s mandrakes? Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this night, for thy son’s mandrakes.
| فَأَجَابَتْهَا: «أَلَمْ يَكْفِ أَنَّكِ أَخَذْتِ مِنِّي زَوْجِي، وَالآنَ تُرِيِدينَ أَنْ تَأْخُذِي لُفَّاحَ ابْنِي أَيْضاً؟» فَأَجَابَتْهَا رَاحِيلُ: «إِذاً يُعَاشِرُكِ اللَّيلَةَ لِقَاءَ لُفَّاحِ ابْنِكِ». | ١٥ |
16 And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes. And he slept with her that night.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنَ الْحَقَلِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ خَرَجَتْ لَيْئَةُ لِلِقَائِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «إِلَيَّ تَجِيءُ اللَّيْلَةَ لأَنَّنِي قَدِ اسْتَأْجَرْتُكَ بِلُفَّاحِ ابْنِي». فَعَاشَرَهَا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ. | ١٦ |
17 And God heard her prayers: and she conceived and bore the fifth son,
| وَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ لِلَيْئَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً خَامِساً. | ١٧ |
18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
| فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «قَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللهُ أُجْرَتِي لأَنَّنِي وَهَبْتُ جَارِيَتِي لِزَوْجِي». وَدَعَتْهُ يَسَّاكَرَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: يَعْمَلُ بِأُجْرَةٍ) | ١٨ |
19 And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,
| وَحَبِلَتْ لَيْئَةُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً سَادِساً. | ١٩ |
20 And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry: this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.
| وَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «قَدَ وَهَبَنِي اللهُ هِبَةً ثَمِينَةً، وَالآنَ يُقِيمُ مَعِي زَوْجِي لأَنِّي أَنْجَبْتُ لَهُ سِتَّةَ بَنِينَ». وَدَعَتْهُ زَبُولُونَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ إِقَامَةُ). | ٢٠ |
21 After whom she bore a daughter, named Dina.
| ثُمَّ أَنْجَبَتِ ابْنَةً دَعَتْهَا «دِينَةَ». | ٢١ |
22 The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb.
| وَذَكَرَ اللهُ رَاحِيلَ وَاسْتَجَابَ لَهَا وَفَتَحَ رَحِمَهَا، | ٢٢ |
23 And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.
| فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً وَقَالَتْ: «قَدَ نَزَعَ اللهُ عَنِّي عَارِي». | ٢٣ |
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.
| وَدَعَتْهُ يُوسُفَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ يَزِيدُ) قَائِلَةً: «لِيَزِدْنِي الرَّبُّ ابْناً آخَرَ». | ٢٤ |
25 And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father in law: Send me away that I may return into my country, and to my land.
| وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَدَتْ رَاحِيلُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِلابَانَ: «أَخْلِ سَبِيلِي فَأَنْطَلِقَ إِلَى بَلَدِي وَإِلَى أَرْضِي، | ٢٥ |
26 Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.
| وَأَعْطِنِي نِسَائِي وَأَوْلادِي الَّذِينَ خَدَمْتُكَ بِهِمْ، وَدَعْنِي أَمْضِي، فَأَنْتَ تُدْرِكُ أَيَّةَ خِدْمَةٍ خَدَمْتُكَ». | ٢٦ |
27 Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ لابَانُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَأَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعِي، لأَنَّنِي عَرَفْتُ بِالتَّفَاؤُلِ بِالْغَيْبِ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ بَارَكَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ». | ٢٧ |
28 Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.
| وَأَضَافَ: «عَيِّنْ لِي أُجْرَتَكَ فَأُعْطِيَكَ إِيَّاهَا». | ٢٨ |
29 But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ خَدَمْتُكَ، وَمَاذَا آلَتْ إِلَيْهِ مَوَاشِيكَ تَحْتَ رِعَايَتِي، | ٢٩ |
30 Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for my own house.
| فَالْقَلِيلُ الَّذِي كَانَ لَكَ قَبْلَ مَجِيئِي ازْدَادَ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً، فَبَارَكَكَ الرَّبُّ مُنْذُ أَنْ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكَ، وَالآنَ مَتَى أَشْرَعُ فِي تَحْصِيلِ رِزْقِ عَائِلَتِي؟» | ٣٠ |
31 And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing: but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed, and keep thy sheep again.
| فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «لا تُعْطِنِي شَيْئاً. وَلَكِنْ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ، فَاصْنَعْ لِي هَذَا الأَمْرَ الْوَاحِدَ فَأَذْهَبَ وَأَرْعَى غَنَمَكَ وَأَعْتَنِيَ بِها: | ٣١ |
32 Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled: and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep, as among the goats, shall be my wages.
| دَعْنِي أَمُرُّ الْيَوْمَ بَيْنَ مَوَاشِيكَ كُلِّهَا، فَتَعْزِلَ مِنْهَا كُلَّ شَاةٍ رَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ وَسَوْدَاءَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْخِرْفَانِ، وَكُلَّ بَلْقَاءَ وَرَقْطَاءَ بَيْنَ الْمِعْزَى، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ أُجْرَتِي. | ٣٢ |
33 And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee when the time of the bargain shall come: and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.
| 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». | ٣٣ |
34 And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.
| فَقَالَ لابَانُ: «لِيَكُنْ وَفْقاً لِقَوْلِكَ». | ٣٤ |
35 And he separated the same day the she goats, and the sheep, and the he goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted: and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
| وَعَزَلَ لابَانُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ التُّيُوسَ الْمُخَطَّطَةَ وَالْبَلْقَاءَ، وَكُلَّ عَنْزٍ رَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ، كُلَّ مَا فِيهِ بَيَاضٌ وَكُلَّ خَرُوفٍ أَسْوَدَ. وَعَهِدَ بِها إِلَى أَبْنَاءِ يَعْقُوبَ. | ٣٥ |
36 And he set the space of three days’ journey betwixt himself and his son in law, who fed the rest of his flock.
| وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَعْقُوبَ مَسَافَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ يَعْقُوبُ يَرْعَى مَوَاشِي لابَانَ. | ٣٦ |
37 And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.
| وَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ قُضْبَاناً خَضْرَاءَ مِنْ أَشْجَارِ اللُّبْنَى وَاللَّوْزِ وَالدُّلْبِ وَقَلَّمَهَا بِخُطُوطٍ بَيْضَاءَ كَاشِفاً عَمَّا تَحْتَ الْقِشْرَةِ مِنْ بَيَاضٍ، | ٣٧ |
38 And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out: that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.
| وَنَصَبَ الْقُضْبَانَ الَّتِي قَلَّمَهَا تِجَاهَ الْغَنَمِ فِي أَجْرَانِ مَسَاقِي الْمَاءِ حَيْثُ تَرِدُ الْمَوَاشِي، فَتَتَوَحَّمُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا مَا أَقْبَلَتْ لِتَشْرَبَ. | ٣٨ |
39 And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.
| فَكَانَتِ الْغَنَمُ تَتَوَحَّمُ عِنْدَ الْقُضْبَانِ، فَتَلِدُ غَنَماً مُخَطَّطَةً وَرَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ. | ٣٩ |
40 And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams: and all the white and the black were Laban’s: and the rest were Jacob’s, when the flocks were separated one from the other.
| 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. | ٤٠ |
41 So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them:
| فَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ كُلَّمَا تَوَحَّمَتِ الْغَنَمُ الْقَوِيَّةُ يَنْصِبُ الْقُضْبَانَ أَمَامَ عُيُونِ الْمَوَاشِي فِي الأَجْرَانِ لِتَتَوَحَّمَ بَيْنَ الْقُضْبَانِ. | ٤١ |
42 But when the latter coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, became Laban’s: and they of the first time, Jacob’s.
| وَحِينَ تَكُونُ الْغَنَمُ ضَعِيفَةً، لَا يَضَعُ الْقُضْبَانَ أَمَامَهَا، فَصَارَتِ الضَّعِيفَةُ لِلابَانَ وَالْقَوِيَّةُ لِيَعْقُوبَ. | ٤٢ |
43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid servants and men servants, camels and asses.
| فَاغْتَنَى الرَّجُلُ جِدّاً، وَكَثُرَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ وَجَوَارِيهِ وَعَبِيدُهُ وَجِمَالُهُ وَحَمِيرُهُ. | ٤٣ |
