Genesis 30

1 And Rachel sees that she has not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and says to Jacob, “Give me sons, and if there is none—I 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’s anger burns against Rachel, and he says, “Am I in stead of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the 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 And she says, “Behold, my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she bears on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from 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 gives Bilhah her maidservant to him for a wife, and Jacob goes in to her;

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

5 and Bilhah conceives, and bears a son to Jacob,

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

6 and Rachel says, “God has decided for me, and has also listened to my voice, and gives a son to me”; therefore she has 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 Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, conceives again, and bears a second son to Jacob,

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

8 and Rachel says, “With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, indeed, I have prevailed”; and she calls his name Napthali.

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

9 And Leah sees that she has ceased from bearing, and she takes Zilpah her maidservant, and gives her to Jacob for a wife;

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 Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a son to Jacob,

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

11 and Leah says, “A troop is coming”; and she calls his name Gad.

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

12 And Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a second son to Jacob,

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

13 and Leah says, “Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me blessed”; and she calls his name Asher.

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

14 And Reuben goes in the days of wheat-harvest, and finds love-apples in the field, and brings them to his mother Leah, and Rachel says to Leah, “Please give to me of the love-apples of your son.”

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 And she says to her, “Is your taking my husband a little thing, that you have also taken the love-apples of my son?” And Rachel says, “He therefore lies with you tonight, for your son’s love-apples.”

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 Jacob comes in from the field at evening; and Leah goes to meet him and says, “You come in to me, for [in] hiring I have hired you with my son’s love-apples”; and he lies with her during 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 listens to Leah, and she conceives, and bears a son to Jacob, a fifth,

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

18 and Leah says, “God has given my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband”; and she calls 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 Leah conceives again, and she bears a sixth son to Jacob,

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

20 and Leah says, “God has endowed me—a good dowry; this time my husband dwells with me, for I have borne six sons to him”; and she calls his name Zebulun;

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 and afterward she has borne a daughter, and calls her name Dinah.

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

22 And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,

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

23 and she conceives and bears a son, and says, “God has gathered up my reproach”;

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

24 and she calls his name Joseph, saying, “YHWH is adding to me another son.”

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

25 And it comes to pass, when Rachel has borne Joseph, that Jacob says to Laban, “Send me away, and I go to my place, 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 up my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and I go; for you have known my service which I have served you.”

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 And Laban says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your 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 He also says, “Define your hire to me, and I give.”

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

29 And he says to him, “You have known that which I have served you [in], and that which your substance was with me;

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

30 for [it is] little which you have had at my appearance, and it breaks forth into a multitude, and YHWH blesses you at my coming; and now, when do I make, I 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 he says, “What do I give to you?” And Jacob says, “You do not give me anything; if you do this thing for me, I turn back; I have delight; I watch your flock;

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 I pass through all your flock today to turn aside every speckled and spotted sheep from there, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats—and it has been my hire;

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 righteousness has answered for me in the day to come, when it comes in for my hire before your face—everyone which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs—it is stolen with me.”

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 says, “Behold, O that it were according to your word”;

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

35 and he turns aside during that day the striped and the spotted male goats, and all the speckled and the spotted female goats, everyone that [has] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he gives into the hand 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 sets a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.

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 takes to himself a rod of fresh poplar and almond and plane-tree, and peels in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods,

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 sets up the rods which he has peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (where the flock comes to drink), in front of the flock, that they may conceive in their coming to drink;

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 the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock bears striped, speckled, and spotted ones.

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

40 And Jacob has parted the lambs, and he puts the face of the flock toward the striped, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he sets his own droves by themselves, and has not set them near Laban’s flock.

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 And it has come to pass, whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob sets the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

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 and when the flock is feeble, he does not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones 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 increases very exceedingly, and has many flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys.

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.