Genesis 30

1 And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

And she saw Rachel that not she had borne children to Jacob and she was jealous Rachel of sister her and she said to Jacob give! to me children and if not [am] about to die I.

2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

And it burned [the] anger of Jacob on Rachel and he said ¿ in place of God [am] I who he has withheld from you fruit of [the] womb.

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.

And she said here! maidservant my Bilhah go into her so she may bear children on knees my so I may be built up also I from her.

4 And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

And she gave to him Bilhah maidservant her to a wife and he went into her Jacob.

5 When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.

And she conceived Bilhah and she bore to Jacob a son.

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.

And she said Rachel he has vindicated me God and also he has listened to voice my and he has given to me a son there-fore she called name his Dan.

7 And again Bala conceived and bore another,

And she conceived again and she bore Bilhah [the] maidservant of Rachel a son second to Jacob.

8 For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.

And she said Rachel wrestling of God - I have wrestled with sister my also I have prevailed and she called name his Naphtali.

9 Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.

And she saw Leah that she had stopped from bearing children and she took Zilpah maidservant her and she gave her to Jacob to a wife.

10 And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,

And she bore Zilpah [the] maidservant of Leah to Jacob a son.

11 She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.

And she said Leah (it has come good fortune *Q(K)*) and she called name his Gad.

12 Zelpha also bore another.

And she bore Zilpah [the] maidservant of Leah a son second to Jacob.

13 And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.

And she said Leah in happiness my for they will call happy me daughters and she called name his Asher.

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.

And he went Reuben in [the] days of [the] harvest of wheat and he found mandrakes in the field and he brought them to Leah mother his and she said Rachel to Leah give please to me some of [the] mandrakes of son your.

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.

And she said to her ¿ small taking you husband my and to take also [the] mandrakes of son my and she said Rachel therefore he will lie with you this night for [the] mandrakes of son your.

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.

And he came Jacob from the field in the evening and she went out Leah to meet him and she said into me you will come for certainly I have hired you for [the] mandrakes of son my and he lay with her in the night that.

17 And God heard her prayers: and she conceived and bore the fifth son,

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

18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

And she said Leah he has given God reward my that I gave maidservant my to husband my and she called name his Issachar.

19 And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,

And she conceived again Leah and she bore a son sixth to Jacob.

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.

And she said Leah he has endowed me God - me an endowment good this time he will honor me husband my for I have borne to him six sons and she called name his Zebulun.

21 After whom she bore a daughter, named Dina.

And after she bore a daughter and she called name her Dinah.

22 The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb.

And he remembered God Rachel and he listened to her God and he opened womb her.

23 And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.

And she conceived and she bore a son and she said he has removed God reproach my.

24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.

And she called name his Joseph saying may he add Yahweh to me a son another.

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.

And it was just as she had borne Rachel Joseph and he said Jacob to Laban send off me so let me go to place my and to land my.

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.

Give! wives my and children my whom I have served you for them so I may go for you you know service my which I have served you.

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.

And he said to him Laban if please I have found favor in view your I have learned by divination and he has blessed me Yahweh on account of you.

28 Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.

And he said designate! wage[s] your on me so let me give [it].

29 But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.

And he said to him you you know how I have served you and how it has been livestock your with me.

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.

For a little which it be[longed] to you before me and it has increased to abundance and he has blessed Yahweh you to foot my and now when? will I work also I for own household my.

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.

And he said what? will I give to you and he said Jacob not you will give to me anything if you will do for me the thing this I will return I will tend flock your I will protect [it].

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.

Let me pass in all flock your this day I will remove from there every sheep - speckled and spotted and every sheep dark among the lambs and [the] spotted and [the] speckled among the goats and it will be wage[s] my.

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.

And it will testify for me righteousness my on a day in future time for you will come on wage[s] my before you all that not [is] it speckled and spotted among the goats and dark among the lambs [is] stolen it with me.

34 And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.

And he said Laban there! if let it be according to word your.

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.

And he removed on the day that the male goats striped and spotted and all the female goats speckled and spotted all that white [was] on it and every dark [one] among the lambs and he gave [them] in [the] hand of sons his.

36 And he set the space of three days’ journey betwixt himself and his son in law, who fed the rest of his flock.

And he put a journey of three days between himself and between Jacob and Jacob [was] pasturing [the] flock of Laban which remained.

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.

And he took for himself Jacob branch[es] of poplar freshly cut and almond and plane tree and he stripped on them strips white [the] peeling of the white [wood] which [was] on the branches.

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.

And he placed the branches which he had stripped in the drinking troughs in [the] watering channels of water which they came the flock to drink to before the flock and they mated when came they to drink.

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.

And they mated the flock to the branches and they bore the flock striped [ones] speckled [ones] and spotted [ones].

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.

And the lambs he separated Jacob and he set [the] faces of the flock to [the] striped and every dark [one] among [the] flock of Laban and he made for himself flocks to only him and not he put them with [the] flock of Laban.

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:

And it was in all [the] being in heat of the sheep vigorous [female] and he put out Jacob the branches to [the] eyes of the sheep in the drinking troughs to mate her at the branches.

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.

And when was feeble the sheep not he put [them] out and it was the enfeebled ones [belonged] to Laban and the vigorous [ones] [belonged] to Jacob.

43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid servants and men servants, camels and asses.

And he increased the man very very and it be[longed] to him sheep many and female servants and [male] servants and camels and donkeys.