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]!”

Rachele, vedendo che non dava figliuoli a Giacobbe, portò invidia alla sua sorella, e disse a Giacobbe: “Dammi de’ figliuoli; altrimenti, muoio”.

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!”

E Giacobbe s’accese d’ira contro Rachele, e disse: “Tengo io il luogo di Dio che t’ha negato d’esser feconda?”

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).”

Ed ella rispose: “Ecco la mia serva Bilha; entra da lei; essa partorirà sulle mie ginocchia, e, per mezzo di lei, avrò anch’io de’ figliuoli”.

4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.

Ed ella gli diede la sua serva Bilha per moglie, e Giacobbe entrò da lei.

5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.

E Bilha concepì e partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.

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’].

E Rachele disse: “Iddio m’ha reso giustizia, ha anche ascoltato la mia voce, e m’ha dato un figliuolo”. Perciò gli pose nome Dan.

7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.

E Bilha, serva di Rachele, concepì ancora e partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.

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’].

E Rachele disse: “Io ho sostenuto con mia sorella lotte di Dio, e ho vinto”. Perciò gli pose nome Neftali.

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.

Lea, vedendo che avea cessato d’aver figliuoli, prese la sua serva Zilpa e la diede a Giacobbe per moglie.

10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.

E Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.

11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].

E Lea disse: “Che fortuna!” E gli pose nome Gad.

12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.

Poi Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.

13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’

E Lea disse: “Me felice! ché le fanciulle mi chiameranno beata. Perciò gli pose nome Ascer.

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!”

Or Ruben uscì, al tempo della mietitura del grano, e trovò delle mandragole per i campi, e le portò a Lea sua madre. Allora Rachele disse a Lea: “Deh, dammi delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo!”

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)].

Ed ella le rispose: “Ti par egli poco l’avermi tolto il marito, che mi vuoi togliere anche le mandragole del mio figliuolo?” E Rachele disse: “Ebbene, si giaccia egli teco questa notte, in compenso delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo”.

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.

E come Giacobbe, in sulla sera, se ne tornava dai campi, Lea uscì a incontrarlo, e gli disse: “Devi entrare da me; poiché io t’ho accaparrato con le mandragole del mio figliuolo”. Ed egli si giacque con lei quella notte.

17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

E Dio esaudì Lea, la quale concepì e partorì a Giacobbe un quinto figliuolo.

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’].

Ed ella disse: “Iddio m’ha dato la mia mercede, perché diedi la mia serva a mio marito”. E gli pose nome Issacar.

19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.

E Lea concepì ancora, e partorì a Giacobbe un sesto figliuolo.

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’].

E Lea disse: “Iddio m’ha dotata di buona dote; questa volta il mio marito abiterò con me, poiché gli ho partorito sei figliuoli”. E gli pose nome Zabulon.

21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.

Poi partorì una figliuola, e le pose nome Dina.

22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.

Iddio si ricordò anche di Rachele; Iddio l’esaudì, e la rese feconda;

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].”

ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, e disse: “Iddio ha tolto il mio obbrobrio”.

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.’

E gli pose nome Giuseppe, dicendo: “L’Eterno m’aggiunga un altro figliuolo”.

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.

Or dopo che Rachele ebbe partorito Giuseppe, Giacobbe disse a Labano: “Dammi licenza, ch’io me ne vada a casa mia, nel mio paese.

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.”

Dammi le mie mogli, per le quali t’ho servito, e i miei figliuoli; e lasciami andare; poiché tu ben conosci il servizio che t’ho prestato”.

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.

E Labano gli disse: “Se ho trovato grazia dinanzi a te, rimanti; giacché credo indovinare che l’Eterno mi ha benedetto per amor tuo”.

28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”

Poi disse: “Fissami il tuo salario, e te lo darò”.

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.

Giacobbe gli rispose: “Tu sai in qual modo io t’ho servito, e quel che sia diventato il tuo bestiame nelle mie mani.

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.”

Poiché quel che avevi prima ch’io venissi, era poco; ma ora s’è accresciuto oltremodo, e l’Eterno t’ha benedetto dovunque io ho messo il piede. Ora, quando lavorerò io anche per la casa mia?”

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.

Labano gli disse: “Che ti darò io?” E Giacobbe rispose: “Non mi dar nulla; se acconsenti a quel che sto per dirti, io pascerò di nuovo i tuoi greggi e n’avrò cura.

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.

Passerò quest’oggi fra mezzo a tutti i tuoi greggi, mettendo da parte, di fra le pecore, ogni agnello macchiato e vaiolato, e ogni agnello nero; e di fra le capre, le vaiolate e le macchiate. E quello sarà il mio salario.

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.”

Così, da ora innanzi, il mio diritto risponderà per me nel tuo cospetto, quando verrai ad accertare il mio salario: tutto ciò che non sarà macchiato o vaiolato fra le capre, e nero fra gli agnelli, sarà rubato, se si troverà presso di me”.

34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”

E Labano disse: “Ebbene, sia come tu dici!”

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.

E quello stesso giorno mise da parte i becchi striati e vaiolati e tutte le capre macchiate e vaiolate, tutto quello che avea del bianco e tutto quel ch’era nero fra gli agnelli, e li affidò ai suoi figliuoli.

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.

E Labano frappose la distanza di tre giornate di cammino fra se e Giacobbe; e Giacobbe pascolava il rimanente de’ greggi di Labano.

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.

E Giacobbe prese delle verghe verdi di pioppo, di mandorlo e di platano; vi fece delle scortecciature bianche, mettendo allo scoperto il bianco delle verghe.

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.

Poi collocò le verghe che avea scortecciate, in vista delle pecore, ne’ rigagnoli, negli abbeveratoi dove le pecore venivano a bere; ed entravano in caldo quando venivano a bere.

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.

Le pecore dunque entravano in caldo avendo davanti quelle verghe, e figliavano agnelli striati, macchiati e vaiolati.

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.

Poi Giacobbe metteva da parte questi agnelli, e faceva volger gli occhi delle pecore verso tutto quello ch’era striato e tutto quel ch’era nero nel gregge di Labano. Egli si formò così dei greggi a parte, che non unì ai greggi di Labano.

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.

Or avveniva che, tutte le volte che le pecore vigorose del gregge entravano in caldo, Giacobbe metteva le verghe ne’ rigagnoli, in vista delle pecore, perché le pecore entrassero in caldo vicino alle verghe;

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.

ma quando le pecore erano deboli, non ve le metteva; così gli agnelli deboli erano di Labano, e i vigorosi di Giacobbe.

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.

E quest’uomo diventò ricco oltremodo, ed ebbe greggi numerosi, serve, servi, cammelli e asini.