Genesis 30

1 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.

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

2 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?

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

3 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.

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.

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

And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

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

6 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.

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.

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

And again Bala conceived and bore another,

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

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

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

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

10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.

And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,

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

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

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

Zelpha also bore another.

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

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

14 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.

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.

15 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.

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.

16 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,

20 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.

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.

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

After whom she bore a daughter, named Dina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 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.

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.

26 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.

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.

27 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:

Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

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

Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.

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

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

30 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?

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.

31 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:

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.

32 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.

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.

33 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.

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.

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

And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.

35 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.

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.

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

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

37 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.

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.

38 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.

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.

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

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.

40 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.

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.

41 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.

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:

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

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.

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

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