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]!”
Viendo Raquel que no daba hijos a Jacob, tuvo envidia de su hermana, y dijo a Jacob: “Dame hijos, de lo contrario me muero.”
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!”
Entonces se airó Jacob contra Raquel, y dijo: “¿Estoy yo acaso en el lugar de Dios, que te ha negado el fruto del seno?”
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).”
A lo cual ella contestó: “Ahí tienes a mi sierva Bilhá: llégate a ella para que dé a luz sobre mis rodillas. Así también yo tendré descendencia, por medio de ella.”
4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
Diole, pues, a Bilhá, su sierva, por mujer; y Jacob se llegó a ella.
5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
Concibió Bilhá y dio a Jacob un hijo.
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’].
Y dijo Raquel: “Dios me ha hecho justicia, y también ha oído mi voz, concediéndome un hijo.” Por eso le llamó Dan.
7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Concibió otra vez Bilhá, sierva de Raquel, y dio a Jacob un segundo hijo.
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’].
Entonces dijo Raquel: “Luchas de Dios he luchado con mi hermana y he vencido.” Y le llamó Neftalí.
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.
Ahora bien, cuando Lía vio que había dejado de dar a luz, tomó a Silfá, su sierva, y se la dio a Jacob por mujer.
10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Y cuando Silfá, sierva de Lía, dio a Jacob un hijo,
11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
exclamó Lía: ¡Qué buena suerte!”, y le puso por nombre Gad.
12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Silfá, sierva de Lía, dio a Jacob también un segundo hijo,
13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
y dijo Lía: “¡Por dicha mía!, porque me llamarán dichosa las doncellas.” Y le llamó Aser.
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!”
Un día salió Rubén, en tiempo de la cosecha del trigo, y halló mandrágoras en el campo, que llevó a su madre Lía. Y dijo Raquel a Lía: “Dame, por favor, de las mandrágoras de tu hijo.”
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)].
Mas ella le contestó: “¿Te parece poco haberme quitado mi marido? ¿Quieres también quitarme las mandrágoras de mi hijo?” A lo cual contestó Raquel: “Duerma entonces contigo esta noche, a trueque de las mandrágoras de tu hijo.”
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.
A la tarde, cuando Jacob volvió del campo, salió Lía a su encuentro y le dijo: “A mí has de venir, pues te he comprado por las mandrágoras de mi hijo”; por lo cual aquella noche durmió con ella.
17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Y oyó Dios a Lía, que concibió y dio a Jacob un quinto hijo.
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’].
Y dijo Lía. “Dios ha dado mi recompensa por haber dado mi sierva a mi marido”; y le llamó Isacar.
19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
Lía concibió otra vez y dio un sexto hijo a Jacob.
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’].
Y dijo Lía: “Dios me ha dado un buen regalo; ahora habitará mi marido conmigo, pues le he dado seis hijos.” Y le puso por nombre Zabulón.
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Después dio a luz una hija, a la que llamó Dina.
22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
Se acordó Dios también de Raquel, la oyó y la hizo fecunda.
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].”
Concibió y dio a luz un hijo, y dijo: “Ha quitado Dios mi oprobio.”
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.’
Y le puso por nombre José, diciendo: “Añádame Yahvé otro hijo”.
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.
Cuando Raquel hubo dado a luz a José, dijo Jacob a Labán: “Déjame marchar, e iré a mi lugar y a mi tierra.
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.”
Dame mis mujeres y mis hijos, por quienes te he servido, y me iré; bien sabes los servicios que te he hecho.”
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.
Le respondió Labán: “¡Halle yo gracia a tus ojos! He observado que Yahvé me ha bendecido por tu causa.”
28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
Y agregó: “Fíjame tu salario, y lo daré.”
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.
Contestó él: “Tú sabes cómo te he servido, y cómo ha crecido tu hacienda conmigo.
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.”
Poco era lo que tenías antes de mi venida, pero se ha aumentado en extremo, pues Yahvé te ha bendecido con mi llegada. Ahora, pues, ¿cuándo podré trabajar también por mi casa?”
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.
Le preguntó (Labán): “¿Qué es lo que he de darte?” “No me des nada, respondió Jacob, antes bien haz conmigo lo que te voy a decir, y volveré a pastorear y guardar tu rebaño.
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.
Recorreré hoy toda tu grey, apartando de ella todo animal salpicado y mancho y todo animal negro entre los corderos y todo animal manchado y salpicado entre las cabras, y (esto) será mi recompensa.
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.”
Y responderá por mí mi rectitud el día de mañana, cuando se presente delante de ti mi salario: Todo lo que no fuere salpicado y manchado entre las cabras, y negro entre los corderos, será en mí un robo.”
34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
“Bien está, dijo Labán, sea como dices.”
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.
Y aquel mismo día (Labán) separó los chivos listados y manchados y todas las cabras salpicadas y manchadas, todo lo que tenía algo de blanco, y todo lo negro entre los corderos, y lo entregó en manos de sus hijos.
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.
Además fijó una distancia de tres jornadas entre él y Jacob, el cual siguió apacentando el resto del rebaño de Labán.
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.
Entonces tomó Jacob unas varas verdes de álamo, de almendro y de plátano, y les quitó parte de la corteza, dejando al descubierto lo blanco de las varas.
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.
Y colocó las varas así descortezadas en los canales o abrevaderos de agua a donde venían los animales a beber. (Las colocó) a la vista de los animales, para que se encelasen al tiempo de beber.
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.
Y así se encelaban los animales a la vista de las varas, y parían crías listadas, salpicadas y manchadas.
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.
Y Jacob separó los corderos, dirigiendo ese ganado hacia las reses listadas y poniendo, en cambio, todo lo negro en el rebaño de Labán; y él colocó sus hatos aparte, sin ponerlos junto al rebaño de Labán.
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.
Y cada vez que se encelaban las reses robustas, ponía Jacob las varas ante los ojos del ganado en los abrevaderos, para que se encelasen ante las varas.
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.
Mas cuando el ganado estaba débil, no las ponía, de modo que las crías débiles eran para Labán, y las robustas para Jacob.
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.
Así el hombre se enriqueció de un modo extraordinario, y tuvo muchos rebaños, siervas y siervos, camellos y asnos.
