Genesis 30
1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
Da Rahel sah, daß sie dem Jakob kein Kind gebar, beneidete sie ihre Schwester und sprach zu Jakob: Schaffe mir Kinder, wo nicht, so sterbe ich.
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
Jakob aber ward sehr zornig auf Rahel und sprach: Bin ich doch nicht Gott, der dir deines Leibes Frucht nicht geben will.
3 Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
Sie aber sprach: Siehe, da ist meine Magd Bilha; gehe zu ihr, daß sie auf meinen Schoß gebäre und ich doch durch sie aufgebaut werde.
4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
Und sie gab ihm also Bilha, ihre Magd, zum Weibe, und Jakob ging zu ihr.
5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
Also ward Bilha schwanger und gebar Jakob einen Sohn.
6 Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat meine Sache gerichtet und meine Stimme erhört und mir einen Sohn gegeben. Darum hieß sie ihn Dan.
7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Abermals ward Bilha, Rahels Magd, schwanger und gebar Jakob den andern Sohn.
8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat es gewandt mit mir und meiner Schwester, und ich werde es ihr zuvortun. Und hieß ihn Naphthali.
9 When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
Da nun Lea sah, daß sie aufgehört hatte zu gebären, nahm sie ihre Magd Silpa und gab sie Jakob zum Weibe.
10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Also gebar Silpa, Leas Magd, Jakob einen Sohn.
11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
Da sprach Lea: Rüstig! Und hieß ihn Gad.
12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Darnach gebar Silpa, Leas Magd, Jakob den andern Sohn.
13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
Da sprach Lea: Wohl mir! denn mich werden selig preisen die Töchter. Und hieß ihn Asser.
14 When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
Ruben ging aus zur Zeit der Weizenernte und fand Liebesäpfel auf dem Felde und brachte sie heim seiner Mutter Lea. Da sprach Rahel zu Lea: Gib mir von den Liebesäpfeln deines Sohnes einen Teil.
15 But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
Sie antwortete: Hast du nicht genug, daß du mir meinen Mann genommen hast, und willst auch die Liebesäpfel meines Sohnes nehmen? Rahel sprach: Wohlan, laß ihn diese Nacht bei dir schlafen um die Liebesäpfel deines Sohnes.
16 When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
Da nun Jakob des Abends vom Felde kam, ging ihm Lea hinaus entgegen und sprach: Zu mir sollst du kommen; denn ich habe dich erkauft um die Liebesäpfel meines Sohnes. Und er schlief die Nacht bei ihr.
17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Und Gott erhörte Lea, und sie ward schwanger und gebar Jakob den fünften Sohn
18 Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
und sprach Gott hat mir gelohnt, daß ich meine Magd meinem Manne gegeben habe. Und hieß ihn Isaschar.
19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
Abermals ward Lea schwanger und gebar Jakob den sechsten Sohn,
20 Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
und sprach: Gott hat mich wohl beraten; nun wird mein Mann doch bei mir wohnen, denn ich habe ihm sechs Söhne geboren. Und hieß ihn Sebulon.
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Darnach gebar sie eine Tochter, die hieß sie Dina.
22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
Gott gedachte aber an Rahel und erhörte sie und machte sie fruchtbar.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
Da ward sie schwanger und gebar einen Sohn und sprach: Gott hat meine Schmach von mir genommen.
24 She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
Und hieß ihn Joseph und sprach: Der HERR wolle mir noch einen Sohn dazugeben!
25 After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
Da nun Rahel den Joseph geboren hatte, sprach Jakob zu Laban: Laß mich ziehen und reisen an meinen Ort in mein Land.
26 You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
Gib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder um die ich dir gedient habe, daß ich ziehe; denn du weißt, wie ich dir gedient habe.
27 But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
Laban sprach zu ihm: Laß mich Gnade vor deinen Augen finden. Ich spüre, daß mich der HERR segnet um deinetwillen;
28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
bestimme den Lohn, den ich dir geben soll.
29 Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
Er aber sprach zu ihm: Du weißt, wie ich dir gedient habe und was du für Vieh hast unter mir.
30 You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
Du hattest wenig, ehe ich her kam, nun aber ist's ausgebreitet in die Menge, und der HERR hat dich gesegnet durch meinen Fuß. Und nun, wann soll ich auch mein Haus versorgen?
31 Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
Er aber sprach: Was soll ich dir denn geben? Jakob sprach: Du sollst mir nichts geben; sondern so du mir tun willst, was ich sage, so will ich wiederum weiden und hüten deine Schafe.
32 Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
Ich will heute durch alle deine Herden gehen und aussondern alle gefleckten und bunten Schafe und alle schwarzen Schafe und die bunten und gefleckten Ziegen. Was nun bunt und gefleckt fallen wird, das soll mein Lohn sein.
33 In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
So wird meine Gerechtigkeit zeugen heute oder morgen, wenn es kommt, daß ich meinen Lohn von dir nehmen soll; also daß, was nicht gefleckt oder bunt unter den Ziegen und nicht schwarz sein wird unter den Lämmern, das sei ein Diebstahl bei mir.
34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
Da sprach Laban: Siehe da, es sei, wie du gesagt hast.
35 But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
Und sonderte des Tages die sprenkligen und bunten Böcke und alle gefleckten und bunten Ziegen, wo nur was Weißes daran war, und alles, was schwarz war unter den Lämmern, und tat's unter die Hand seiner Kinder
36 Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
und machte Raum drei Tagereisen weit zwischen sich und Jakob. Also weidete Jakob die übrigen Herden Labans.
37 Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
Jakob aber nahm Stäbe von grünen Pappelbäumen, Haseln und Kastanien und schälte weiße Streifen daran, daß an den Stäben das Weiß bloß ward,
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
und legte die Stäbe, die er geschält hatte, in die Tränkrinnen vor die Herden, die kommen mußten, zu trinken, daß sie da empfangen sollten, wenn sie zu trinken kämen.
39 The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
Also empfingen die Herden über den Stäben und brachten Sprenklinge, Gefleckte und Bunte.
40 Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
Da schied Jakob die Lämmer und richtete die Herde mit dem Angesicht gegen die Gefleckten und Schwarzen in der Herde Labans und machte sich eine eigene Herde, die tat er nicht zu der Herde Labans.
41 In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
Wenn aber der Lauf der Frühling-Herde war, legte er die Stäbe in die Rinnen vor die Augen der Herde, daß sie über den Stäben empfingen;
42 But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
aber in der Spätlinge Lauf legte er sie nicht hinein. Also wurden die Spätlinge des Laban, aber die Frühlinge des Jakob.
43 As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
Daher ward der Mann über die Maßen reich, daß er viele Schafe, Mägde und Knechte, Kamele und Esel hatte.
