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.
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will 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?
Jacob's anger burned against Rachel. He said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
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.
She said, “See, there is my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her, so she might give birth to children on my knees, and I will have children by her.”
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her.
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob 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.
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me, and he has heard my voice and given me a son.” For this reason she called his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
Bilhah, Rachel's servant, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” She called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife.
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.
Zilpah, Leah's servant, bore Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad.
Leah said, “This is fortunate!” so she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bore a second son unto Jacob.
Then Zilpah, Leah's servant, bore Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Leah said, “I am happy! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.
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.
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field. He brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your 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.
Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter to you, that you have taken away my husband? Do you now want to take away my son's mandrakes, too?” Rachel said, “Then he will sleep with you tonight, in exchange for your 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.
Jacob came from the field in the evening. Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me tonight, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with Leah that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a 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.
Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I gave my servant woman to my husband.” She called his name Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob.
Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
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.
Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” She called his name Zebulun.
21 And afterward she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.
Afterwards she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
God called Rachel to mind and listened to her. He caused her to become pregnant.
23 And she conceived, and bore a son; and she said, God hath taken away my reproach.
She conceived and bore a son. She said, “God has taken away my shame.”
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord shall add to me another son.
She called his name Joseph, saying, “Yahweh has added to me 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.
After Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so that I may go to my own home and to my country.
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 you, and let me go, for you know the service I have given you.”
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, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, wait, because I have learned by using divination that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them.
Then he said, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle hath become with me.
Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
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?
For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I worked. Now when will I provide for my own household also?”
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:
So Laban said, “What will I pay you?” Jacob said, “You will not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
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.
Let me walk through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. These will 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.
My integrity will testify for me later on, when you come to check on my wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, if any are found with me, will be considered to be stolen.”
34 And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.
Laban said, “Agreed. Let it be according to your word.”
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.
That day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female 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.
36 And he put a space of three days' journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the flocks of Laban that were left.
Laban also put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. So Jacob kept tending the rest of Laban's flocks.
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.
Jacob took fresh cut branches of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree, and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white inner wood appear that was in the sticks.
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.
Then he set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks, in front of the watering troughs where they came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.
The flocks bred in front of the sticks; and the flocks produced striped, speckled, and spotted young.
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.
Jacob separated out these lambs, but made the rest of them face toward the striped animals and all the black sheep in the flock of Laban. Then he separated out his flocks for himself alone and did not put them together with Laban's flocks.
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.
Whenever the stronger sheep in the flock were breeding, then Jacob would lay the sticks in the watering troughs before the eyes of the flock, so that they might conceive among the sticks.
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 feebler animals in the flock came, he did not put the sticks in front of them. So the feebler animals were Laban's, and the stronger were Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.
The man became very prosperous. He had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
