Genesis 30
1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
When Rahel sawe that she bare Iacob no childern she enuied hir sister and sayde vnto Iacob: geue me childern or ells I am but deed.
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?
Than was Iacob wrooth with Rahel saynge: Am I in godes steade which kepeth fro the the frute of thi wobe?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
The she sayde: here is my mayde Bilha: go in vnto her that she maye beare vpo my lappe that I maye be encreased by her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.
And she gaue him Bilha hir hadmayde to wife. And Iacob wet in vnto her
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
And Bilha conceaued and bare Iacob a sonne.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan.
Than sayde Rahel. God hath geuen sentece on my syde and hath also herde my voyce and hath geuen me a sonne. Therfore called she him Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
And Bilha Rahels mayde coceaued agayne and bare Iacob a nother sonne.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
And Rahel sayde. God is turned and I haue made achaunge with my sister and haue gote ye vpper hade. And she called his name Nepthali
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife.
Whe Lea sawe that she had left bearinge she toke Silpha hir mayde and gaue her Iacob to wiffe.
10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son.
And Silpha Leas made bare Iacob a sonne.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Than sayde Lea: good lucke: and called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a second son.
And Silpha Leas mayde bare Iacob another sonne.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Tha sayd Lea: happy am I for the doughters will call me blessed. And called his name Asser.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
And Rube wet out in the wheat haruest and foude mandragoras in the feldes and brought the vnto his mother Lea. Than sayde Rahel to Lea geue me of thy sonnes madragoras.
15 And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
And Lea answered: is it not ynough yt thou hast take awaye my housbode but woldest take awaye my sonnes mandragoras also? Than sayde Rahel well let him slepe with the this nyghte for thy sonnes mandragoras.
16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
And whe Iacob came from the feldes at euen Lea went out to mete him and sayde: come into me for I haue bought the with my sonnes mandragoras. And he slepte with her that nyghte.
17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
And God herde Lea yt she coceaued and bare vnto Iacob yt. v. sonne.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Than sayde Lea. God hath geue me my rewarde because I gaue my mayde to my housbod and she called him Isachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
And Lea coceaued yet agayne and bare Iacob the sexte sonne.
20 And Leah said, God hath bestowed on 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.
Than sayde she: God hath endewed me with a good dowry. Now will my housbond dwell with me because I haue borne him. vi. sonnes: and called his name Zabulo.
21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
After that she bare a doughter and called her Dina.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
And God remebred Rahel herde her and made her frutefull:
23 And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
so that she coceaued and bare a sonne and sayde God hath take awaye my rebuke.
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
And she called his name Ioseph saynge The lorde geue me yet a nother sonne.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
As soone as Rahel had borne Ioseph Iacob sayde to Laban: Sede me awaye yt I maye goo vnto myne awne place and cutre
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
geue me my wives and my childern for whome I haue serued the and let me goo; for thou knowest what seruyce I haue done the.
27 And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Than sayde Laban vnto hi: If I haue fownde fauoure in thy syghte (for I suppose yt the LORde hath blessed me for thy sake)
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
appoynte what thy rewarde shalbe and I will geue it ye.
29 And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle were with me.
But he sayde vnto hym thou knowest what seruyce I haue done ye and in what takynge thy catell haue bene vnder me:
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?
for it was but litle that thou haddest before I came and now it is encreased in to a multitude and the LORDE hath blessed the for my sake. But now when shall I make provysion for myne awne house also?
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
And he sayde: what shall I geue the? And Iacob answerd: thou shalt geue me nothinge at all yf thou wilt do this one thinge for me: And then will I turne agayne and fede thy shepe and kepe them.
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
I will go aboute all thy shepe this daye and separate fro the all the shepe that are spotted and of dyverse coloures and all blacke shepe amonge the lambes and the partie and spotted amonge the kyddes: And then such shalbe my rewarde.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be accounted stolen with me.
So shall my rightwesnes answere for me: when the tyme commeth that I shall receaue my rewarde of the: So that what soeuer is not speckeld and partie amonge the gootes and blacke amonge the lambes let that be theft with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Than sayde Laban: loo I am contete that it be acordinge as thou hast sayde.
35 And he removed that day the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sons.
And he toke out that same daye the he gootes that were partie and of dyuerse coloures and all the she gootes that were spotted and partie coloured and all that had whyte in the and all the blacke amonge the lambes: ad put the in the kepinge of his sonnes
36 And he set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
and sett thre dayes ourney ibetwixte hiselfe and Iacob. And so Iacob kepte ye rest of Labas shepe.
37 And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and peeled white stripes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell and of chestnottrees and pilled whyte strakes in the and made the white apere in the staues:
38 And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
And he put the staues which he had pilled eue before ye shepe in the gutters and watrynge troughes whe the shepe came to drynke: yt they shulde coceaue whe they came to drynke.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle striped, speckled, and spotted.
And the shepe coceaued before the staues and brought forth straked spotted and partie.
40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban’s cattle.
The Iacob parted the labes and turned the faces of the shepe toward spotted thinges and toward all maner of blacke thinges thorow out the flockes of Laba. And he made him flockes of his owne by the selfe which he put not vnto the flockes of Laba.
41 And it came to pass, whenever the stronger cattle conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
And allwaye in the first buckinge tyme of the shepe Iacob put the staues before the shepe in the gutters yt they myghte conceaue before the staues
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
But in the latter buckynge tyme he put them not there: so the last brode was Labas and the first Iacobs.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had many cattle, and female and male servants, and camels, and donkeys.
And the man became excedynge ryche and had many shepe maydeseruauntes menseruauntes camels and asses.
