1 Mose 30
1 Als aber Rahel sah, daß sie dem Jakob keine Kinder gebar, ward sie eifersüchtig auf ihre Schwester und sprach zu Jakob: Schaffe mir auch Kinder, wo nicht, so sterbe ich.
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]!”
2 Jakob aber ward sehr zornig auf Rahel und sprach: Bin ich denn an Gottes Statt, der dir Leibesfrucht versagt?
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!”
3 Sie aber sprach: Siehe, da ist meine Magd Bilha, komm zu ihr, daß sie in meinen Schoß gebäre, und ich doch durch sie Nachkommen erhalte!
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).”
4 Und sie gab ihm ihre Magd Bilha zum Weibe, und Jakob kam zu ihr.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Bilha aber empfing und gebar dem Jakob einen Sohn.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat mir Recht verschafft und meine Stimme erhört und mir einen Sohn gegeben; darum hieß sie ihn Dan.
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’].
7 Und Bilha, die Magd Rahels, empfing abermal und gebar dem Jakob einen zweiten Sohn.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Da sprach Rahel: Ich habe mit meiner Schwester gerungen, als ränge ich mit Gott, und habe auch gewonnen! Darum hieß sie ihn Naphtali.
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’].
9 Als nun Lea sah, daß sie innehielt mit Gebären, nahm sie ihre Magd Silpa und gab sie Jakob zum Weibe.
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.
10 Und Silpa, Leas Magd, gebar dem Jakob einen Sohn.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Da sprach Lea: Ich habe Glück! und hieß ihn Gad.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Darnach gebar Silpa, Leas Magd, dem Jakob einen zweiten Sohn.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Da sprach Lea: Die Töchter werden mich glücklich preisen! Und sie hieß ihn Asser.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Ruben aber ging aus zur Zeit der Weizenernte und fand Liebesäpfel auf dem Felde und brachte sie heim zu seiner Mutter Lea. Da sprach Rahel zu Lea: Gib mir einen Teil der Liebesäpfel deines Sohnes!
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!”
15 Sie antwortete ihr: Ist das ein Geringes, daß du mir meinen Mann genommen hast? Und willst du auch die Liebesäpfel meines Sohnes nehmen? Rahel sprach: Er soll dafür diese Nacht bei dir schlafen zum Entgelt für die Liebesäpfel deines Sohnes!
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)].
16 Da nun Jakob am Abend vom Felde kam, ging ihm Lea entgegen und sprach: Du sollst zu mir kommen, denn ich habe dich erkauft um die Liebesäpfel meines Sohnes. Und er schlief in jener Nacht bei ihr.
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.
17 Und Gott erhörte Lea, und sie empfing und gebar dem Jakob den fünften Sohn.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Da sprach Lea: Gott hat mir gelohnt, daß ich meinem Mann meine Magd gegeben habe, und hieß ihn Issaschar.
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’].
19 Lea empfing abermal und gebar dem Jakob den sechsten Sohn.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 Und Lea sprach: Gott hat mich mit einer guten Gabe beschenkt! Nun wird mein Mann wieder bei mir wohnen, denn ich habe ihm sechs Söhne geboren, und sie hieß ihn Sebulon.
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’].
21 Darnach gebar sie eine Tochter, welche sie Dina hieß.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Aber Gott gedachte an Rahel, und Gott erhörte ihr Gebet und machte sie fruchtbar.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 Und sie empfing und gebar einen Sohn und sprach: Gott hat meine Schmach von mir genommen!
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].”
24 Und sie hieß ihn Joseph und sprach: Gott wolle mir noch einen Sohn dazu geben!
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.’
25 Da nun Rahel den Joseph geboren hatte, sprach Jakob zu Laban: Entlasse mich, daß ich an meinen Ort und in mein Land ziehe!
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.
26 Gib mir meine Weiber und Kinder, um welche ich dir gedient habe, daß ich gehen kann! Denn du weißt, welche Dienste ich dir geleistet habe.
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.”
27 Laban antwortete: Ach, daß ich doch in deinen Augen Gnade fände! Ich habe es geahnt; und doch hat mich der HERR um deinetwillen gesegnet.
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.
28 Und er sprach: Bestimme mir deinen Lohn, so will ich ihn dir geben!
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Jakob sprach: Du weißt, wie ich dir gedient habe, und was aus deinem Vieh unter meiner Pflege geworden ist.
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.
30 Denn es war wenig, was du vor meiner Ankunft hattest, nun aber ist viel daraus geworden, und der HERR hat dich gesegnet, wo ich hingekommen bin; und nun, wann soll ich auch für mein Haus sorgen?
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.”
31 Er sprach: Was soll ich dir denn geben? Jakob sprach: Du brauchst mir gar nichts zu geben! Wenn du mir nur tun willst, was ich jetzt sage, so will ich deine Herden wieder weiden.
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.
32 Ich will heute durch alle deine Herden gehen, und du sollst daraus absondern alle gesprenkelten und gefleckten Schafe, auch alle schwarzen Schafe unter den Lämmern und alle gefleckten und gesprenkelten Ziegen; und das soll mein Lohn sein.
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.
33 So wird alsdann meine Gerechtigkeit für mich sprechen am künftigen Tag vor deinen Augen, wenn du zu meinem Lohn kommst; alles, was weder gesprenkelt noch gefleckt ist unter den Ziegen und was nicht schwarz ist unter den Lämmern bei mir, das soll als gestohlen gelten.
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.”
34 Da sprach Laban: Gut, es sei so, wie du gesagt hast!
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Und er sonderte noch am gleichen Tag die gestreiften und gefleckten Böcke aus und alle gesprenkelten Ziegen, alles, woran etwas Weißes war, und alles, was schwarz war unter den Lämmern, und tat es unter die Hand seiner Söhne.
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.
36 Und er machte einen Abstand von drei Tagereisen zwischen sich und Jakob; dieser aber weidete die übrigen Schafe Labans.
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.
37 Da nahm Jakob frische Ruten von Pappeln, Mandel und Platanenbäumen und schälte weiße Streifen dran, indem er das Weiße an den Ruten bloßlegte;
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.
38 und legte die Ruten, die er abgeschält hatte, in die Tränkrinnen, wohin die Schafe zum Trinken kamen, gerade vor die Schafe hin.
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.
39 Wenn sie dann beim Kommen zur Tränke brünstig wurden, so empfingen sie angesichts der Ruten und warfen Gestreifte, Gesprenkelte und Gefleckte.
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.
40 Die Lämmer aber sonderte Jakob ab und richtete das Angesicht der Schafe gegen die gefleckten und schwarzen in der Herde Labans; und er machte sich besondere Herden und tat sie nicht zu Labans Schafen.
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.
41 Und jedesmal, wenn die Zeit kam, wo die kräftigen Schafe brünstig wurden, legte Jakob die Ruten in die Tränkrinnen vor die Augen der Schafe, damit sie über den Ruten empfingen;
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.
42 wenn aber die Schwachen brünstig wurden, legte er sie nicht hinein. So erhielt Laban die schwachen und Jakob die starken.
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.
43 Und der Mann wurde außerordentlich reich und bekam viele Schafe, Knechte und Mägde, Kamele und Esel.
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.
