Genesis 30

1 And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, and if not, I die.

2 Then Iaakobs anger was kindled against Rahel, and he sayde, Am I in Gods steade, which hath withholden from thee the fruite of the wombe?

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

3 And she said, Behold my maide Bilhah, goe in to her, and she shall beare vpon my knees, and I shall haue children also by her.

And she said, Behold, [here is] my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

4 Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her.

5 So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.

And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

6 Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan.

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

7 And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne.

And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, and haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali.

And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife.

10 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.

And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.

11 Then sayd Leah, A companie commeth: and she called his name, Gad.

And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad.

12 Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne.

And Zilpah Leah's maid bore a second son unto Jacob.

13 Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me. and she called his name, Asher.

And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

14 Nowe Reuben went in the dayes of the wheateharuest, and founde mandrakes in the fielde and brought them vnto his mother Leah. Then sayde Rahel to Leah, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy sonnes mandrakes.

And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them unto Leah his mother; then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, [some] of thy son's mandrakes.

15 But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.

And she said unto her, Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou also take away my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Therefore shall he be with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

16 And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Unto me thou must come in; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17 And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne.

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 Then said Leah, God hath giuen me my reward, because I gaue my mayde to my husband, and she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

19 After, Leah conceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the sixt sonne.

And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob.

20 Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husband dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: and she called his name Zebulun.

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.

21 After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah.

And afterward she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.

22 And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

23 So she conceiued and bare a sonne, and said, God hath taken away my rebuke.

And she conceived, and bore a son; and she said, God hath taken away my reproach.

24 And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.

And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord shall add to me another son.

25 And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.

And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country.

26 Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee.

27 To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

And Laban said unto him, If I could but find favor in thy eyes; I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake:

28 Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee.

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them.

29 But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle hath become with me.

30 For the litle, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lord hath blessed thee by my comming: but nowe when shall I trauell for mine owne house also?

For it was a little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased into a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide also for my own house?

31 Then he saide, What shall I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me the least; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

32 I wil passe through all thy flockes this day, and separate from them all the sheepe with litle spots and great spots, and al blacke lambes among the sheepe, and the great spotted, and litle spotted among the goates: and it shalbe my wages.

I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted lamb, and every brown lamb among the sheep, and whatever is spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be after this my reward.

33 So shall my righteousnesse answere for me hereafter, when it shall come for my rewarde before thy face, and euery one that hath not litle or great spots among the goates, and blacke among the sheepe, the same shalbe theft with me.

And my righteousness shall testify for me in time to come, when it shall come with my reward before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

34 Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying.

And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.

35 Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes.

And he removed on that day the he-goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white on it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

36 And hee set three dayes iourney betweene himselfe and Iaakob. And Iaakob kept the rest of Labans sheepe.

And he put a space of three days' journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the flocks of Laban that were left.

37 Then Iaakob tooke rods of greene popular, and of hasell, and of the chesnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appeare in the rods.

And Jacob took himself rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and peeled thereon white streaks, laying bare the white which was on the rods.

38 Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)

And he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, just before the flocks, and where they conceived, when they came to drink.

39 And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.

40 And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke.

And these lambs did Jacob separate, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and whatever was brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle.

41 And in euery ramming time of the stronger sheepe, Iaakob layde the rods before the eyes of the sheepe in the gutters, that they might conceiue before the rods.

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

42 But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler belonged to Laban, and the stronger to Jacob.

43 So the man increased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses.

And the man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.