Gênesis 30
1 Quando Rachel viu que não tinha filhos com Jacob, Rachel invejou sua irmã. Ela disse a Jacob: “Dê-me filhos, senão eu morrerei”.
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 A raiva de Jacob queimou contra Raquel, e ele disse: “Estou eu no lugar de Deus, quem vos ocultou o fruto do ventre?
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 Ela disse: “Veja, minha empregada Bilhah. Vá até ela, para que ela possa suportar meus joelhos, e eu também possa obter filhos por ela”.
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 She deu-lhe Bilhah sua criada como esposa, e Jacob foi ter com ela.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Bilhah concebeu, e deu um filho a Jacob.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Rachel disse: “Deus me julgou, e também ouviu minha voz, e me deu um filho”. Por isso ela chamou-o de 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 Bilhah, criada de Raquel, concebeu novamente, e deu a Jacó um segundo filho.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Rachel disse: “Eu lutei com minha irmã com poderosas lutas, e prevaleceram”. Ela lhe deu o nome de Naftali.
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 Quando Leah viu que havia terminado de carregar, tomou Zilpah, seu criado, e a deu a Jacob como esposa.
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 Zilpah, a criada de Leah, deu um filho a Jacó.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Leah disse: “Que sorte!”. Ela lhe deu o nome de Gad.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Zilpah, criada de Leah, deu à luz um segundo filho a Jacó.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Leah disse: “Feliz sou eu, pois as filhas me chamarão feliz”. Ela lhe deu o nome de Asher.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Reuben foi nos dias da colheita do trigo, e encontrou mandrágoras no campo, e as trouxe para sua mãe, Leah. Então Rachel disse a Leah: “Por favor, me dê algumas das mandrágoras de seu filho”.
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 Leah disse-lhe: “É um pequeno assunto que você tenha tirado meu marido? Você tiraria também as mandrágoras do meu filho”? Rachel disse: “Portanto, ele se deitará com você hoje à noite para os mandrágoras de seu filho”.
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 Jacob veio do campo à noite, e Leah saiu ao seu encontro, e disse: “Você deve vir até mim; pois eu certamente o contratei com os mandrágoras de meu filho”. Ele deitou-se com ela naquela noite.
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 Deus ouviu Leah, e ela concebeu, e deu à luz um quinto filho a Jacob.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Leah disse: “Deus me deu meu contrato, porque eu dei meu servo ao meu marido”. Ela lhe deu o nome de Issachar.
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 Leah concebeu novamente, e deu à luz um sexto filho a Jacó.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 Leah disse: “Deus me dotou de um bom dote. Agora meu marido viverá comigo, porque eu lhe dei seis filhos”. Ela lhe deu o nome de Zebulun.
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 Em seguida, ela deu à luz uma filha e lhe deu o nome de Dinah.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Deus se lembrou de Raquel, e Deus a ouviu, e abriu seu ventre.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 She concebeu, deu à luz um filho, e disse: “Deus me tirou a censura”.
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 Ela lhe deu o nome de José, dizendo: “Que Yahweh me acrescente outro filho”.
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 Quando Rachel deu à luz José, Jacob disse a Laban: “Mande-me embora, para que eu possa ir para minha própria casa e para meu país”.
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 Dai-me minhas esposas e meus filhos, pelos quais eu vos servi, e deixai-me ir; pois vós sabeis o meu serviço com o qual vos tenho servido”.
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 disse-lhe: “Se agora encontrei favor em seus olhos, fique aqui, pois eu adivinhei que Yahweh me abençoou para seu bem”.
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 Ele disse: “Nomeie seu salário, e eu o darei”.
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Jacob lhe disse: “Você sabe como eu o servi e como seu gado se saiu comigo”.
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 Pois era pouco o que você tinha antes de eu vir, e aumentou para uma multidão. Yahweh o abençoou onde quer que eu me voltasse. Agora, quando eu também cuidarei da minha própria casa?”.
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 Laban disse: “O que devo lhe dar?” Jacob disse: “Você não me dará nada”. Se você fizer isso por mim, eu voltarei a alimentar seu rebanho e o manterei”.
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 Hoje passarei por todo o seu rebanho, retirando de lá todo o manchado e manchado, e todo o preto entre as ovelhas, e o manchado e manchado entre os caprinos. Este será o meu contrato.
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 Portanto, minha retidão responderá por mim daqui por diante, quando vierem a respeito do meu recrutamento que está diante de vocês. Todo aquele que não for manchado e manchado entre as cabras, e o negro entre as ovelhas, que possa estar comigo, será considerado roubado”.
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 Laban disse: “Eis, que seja de acordo com sua palavra”.
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Naquele dia, ele removeu os caprinos machos que foram manchados e manchados, e todas as cabras que foram manchadas e manchadas, todas as que tinham branco, e todas as pretas entre as ovelhas, e as entregou na mão de seus filhos.
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 Ele estabeleceu três dias de viagem entre ele e Jacob, e Jacob alimentou o resto dos rebanhos de Laban.
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 Jacob tomou para si varas de choupo fresco, amêndoa e plátano, descascou as faixas brancas nelas, e fez aparecer o branco que estava nas varas.
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 Ele colocou as varas que ele havia descascado em frente aos rebanhos nos bebedouros onde os rebanhos vinham para beber. Eles conceberam quando vieram para beber.
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 Os bandos foram concebidos antes das varas, e os bandos produziram listrados, salpicados e manchados.
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 Jacob separou os cordeiros, e colocou as faces dos rebanhos em direção às listras e todo o preto do rebanho de Laban. Ele separou seus próprios rebanhos, e não os colocou no rebanho de Laban.
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 Sempre que o mais forte do rebanho concebeu, Jacob colocou as varas na frente dos olhos do rebanho nos bebedouros, para que eles pudessem conceber entre as varas;
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 mas quando o rebanho estava debilitado, ele não as colocou. Por isso, os cobradores eram de Laban, e os mais fortes de Jacob.
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 O homem aumentou excessivamente, e tinha grandes bandos, fêmeas e servos, e camelos e burros.
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.
