Genesis 30

1 cernens autem Rahel quod infecunda esset invidit sorori et ait marito suo da mihi liberos alioquin moriar

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, and if not, I die.

2 cui iratus respondit Iacob num pro Deo ego sum qui privavit te fructu ventris tui

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?

3 at illa habeo inquit famulam Balam ingredere ad eam ut pariat super genua mea et habeam ex ea filios

And she said, Behold, [here is] my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

4 deditque illi Balam in coniugium quae

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her.

5 ingresso ad se viro concepit et peperit filium

And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

6 dixitque Rahel iudicavit mihi Dominus et exaudivit vocem meam dans mihi filium et idcirco appellavit nomen illius Dan

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

7 rursumque Bala concipiens peperit alterum

And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

8 pro quo ait Rahel conparavit me Deus cum sorore mea et invalui vocavitque eum Nepthalim

And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

9 sentiens Lia quod parere desisset Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit

When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife.

10 qua post conceptum edente filium

And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.

11 dixit feliciter et idcirco vocavit nomen eius Gad

And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad.

12 peperit quoque Zelpha alterum

And Zilpah Leah's maid bore a second son unto Jacob.

13 dixitque Lia hoc pro beatitudine mea beatam quippe me dicent mulieres propterea appellavit eum Aser

And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

14 egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeae in agro repperit mandragoras quos matri Liae detulit dixitque Rahel da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui

And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them unto Leah his mother; then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, [some] of thy son's mandrakes.

15 illa respondit parumne tibi videtur quod praeripueris maritum mihi nisi etiam mandragoras filii mei tuleris ait Rahel dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui

And she said unto her, Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou also take away my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Therefore shall he be with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

16 redeuntique ad vesperam de agro Iacob egressa est in occursum Lia et ad me inquit intrabis quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei dormivit cum ea nocte illa

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Unto me thou must come in; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17 et exaudivit Deus preces eius concepitque et peperit filium quintum

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 et ait dedit Deus mercedem mihi quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo appellavitque nomen illius Isachar

And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

19 rursum Lia concipiens peperit sextum filium

And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob.

20 et ait ditavit me Deus dote bona etiam hac vice mecum erit maritus meus eo quod genuerim ei sex filios et idcirco appellavit nomen eius Zabulon

And Leah said, God hath endued 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.

21 post quem peperit filiam nomine Dinam

And afterward she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.

22 recordatus quoque Dominus Rahelis exaudivit eam et aperuit vulvam illius

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

23 quae concepit et peperit filium dicens abstulit Deus obprobrium meum

And she conceived, and bore a son; and she said, God hath taken away my reproach.

24 et vocavit nomen illius Ioseph dicens addat mihi Dominus filium alterum

And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord shall add to me another son.

25 nato autem Ioseph dixit Iacob socero suo dimitte me ut revertar in patriam et ad terram meam

And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country.

26 da mihi uxores et liberos meos pro quibus servivi tibi ut abeam tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee.

27 ait ei Laban inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo experimento didici quod benedixerit mihi Deus propter te

And Laban said unto him, If I could but find favor in thy eyes; I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake:

28 constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them.

29 at ille respondit tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi et quanta in manibus meis fuerit possessio tua

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle hath become with me.

30 modicum habuisti antequam venirem et nunc dives effectus es benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum iustum est igitur ut aliquando provideam etiam domui meae

For it was a little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased into a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide also for my own house?

31 dixitque Laban quid dabo tibi at ille ait nihil volo sed si feceris quod postulo iterum pascam et custodiam pecora tua

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me the least; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

32 gyra omnes greges tuos et separa cunctas oves varias et sparso vellere et quodcumque furvum et maculosum variumque fuerit tam in ovibus quam in capris erit merces mea

I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted lamb, and every brown lamb among the sheep, and whatever is spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be after this my reward.

33 respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te et omnia quae non fuerint varia et maculosa et furva tam in ovibus quam in capris furti me arguent

And my righteousness shall testify for me in time to come, when it shall come with my reward before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

34 dixit Laban gratum habeo quod petis

And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.

35 et separavit in die illo capras et oves hircos et arietes varios atque maculosos cunctum autem gregem unicolorem id est albi et nigri velleris tradidit in manu filiorum suorum

And he removed on that day the he-goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white on it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

36 et posuit spatium itineris inter se et generum dierum trium qui pascebat reliquos greges eius

And he put a space of three days' journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the flocks of Laban that were left.

37 tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides et amigdalinas et ex platanis ex parte decorticavit eas detractisque corticibus in his quae spoliata fuerant candor apparuit illa vero quae integra erant viridia permanserunt atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius

And Jacob took himself rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and peeled thereon white streaks, laying bare the white which was on the rods.

38 posuitque eas in canalibus ubi effundebatur aqua ut cum venissent greges ad bibendum ante oculos haberent virgas et in aspectu earum conciperent

And he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, just before the flocks, and where they conceived, when they came to drink.

39 factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus oves intuerentur virgas et parerent maculosa et varia et diverso colore respersa

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.

40 divisitque gregem Iacob et posuit virgas ante oculos arietum erant autem alba quaeque et nigra Laban cetera vero Iacob separatis inter se gregibus

And these lambs did Jacob separate, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and whatever was brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle.

41 igitur quando primo tempore ascendebantur oves ponebat Iacob virgas in canalibus aquarum ante oculos arietum et ovium ut in earum contemplatione conciperent

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

42 quando vero serotina admissura erat et conceptus extremus non ponebat eas factaque sunt ea quae erant serotina Laban et quae primi temporis Iacob

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler belonged to Laban, and the stronger to Jacob.

43 ditatusque est homo ultra modum et habuit greges multos ancillas et servos camelos et asinos

And the man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.