Génesis 30
1 Cuando Raquel vio que no daba hijos a Jacob, envidió a su hermana. Le dijo a Jacob: “Dame hijos o moriré”.
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 La ira de Jacob ardió contra Raquel y dijo: “¿Estoy yo en lugar de Dios, que te ha negado el fruto del vientre?”
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 Ella dijo: “He aquí mi doncella Bilhá. Entra con ella, para que dé a luz sobre mis rodillas, y yo también pueda obtener hijos de ella”.
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 Ella le dio como esposa a su sierva Bilhá, y Jacob se acercó a ella.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Bilhá concibió y dio a luz un hijo a Jacob.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Raquel dijo: “Dios me ha juzgado, y también ha escuchado mi voz, y me ha dado un hijo”. Por eso lo llamó 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, la sierva de Raquel, concibió de nuevo y dio a Jacob un segundo hijo.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Raquel dijo: “He luchado con mi hermana con poderosos combates, y he vencido.” Lo llamó Neftalí.
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 Cuando Lía vio que había terminado de parir, tomó a Zilpá, su sierva, y se la dio 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 Zilpa, la sierva de Lea, dio a luz un hijo a Jacob.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Lea dijo: “¡Qué suerte!”. Le puso el nombre de Gad.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Zilpa, la sierva de Lía, dio a luz un segundo hijo a Jacob.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Lea dijo: “Feliz soy, porque las hijas me llamarán feliz”. Lo llamó Aser.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Rubén fue en los días de la cosecha del trigo y encontró mandrágoras en el campo, y se las llevó a su madre, Lea. Entonces Raquel le dijo a Lea: “Por favor, dame algunas de las mandrágoras de tu hijo”.
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 Lea le dijo: “¿Es poca cosa que me hayas quitado a mi marido? ¿Quieres quitarle también las mandrágoras a mi hijo?” Raquel dijo: “Por eso se acostará contigo esta noche por las mandrágoras de tu hijo”.
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 Al anochecer, Jacob volvió del campo, y Lea salió a su encuentro y le dijo: “Tienes que entrar en mi casa, porque te he contratado con las mandrágoras de mi hijo.” Aquella noche se acostó con ella.
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 Dios escuchó a Lea, y ella concibió y dio a luz a Jacob un quinto hijo.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Lea dijo: “Dios me ha dado mi salario, porque le di mi sierva a mi marido”. Lo llamó Isacar.
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 concibió de nuevo y dio a luz un sexto hijo a Jacob.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 Lea dijo: “Dios me ha dotado de una buena dote. Ahora mi marido vivirá conmigo, porque le he dado seis hijos”. Le puso el nombre de Zabulón.
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 Después dio a luz a una hija y la llamó Dina.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Dios se acordó de Raquel, la escuchó y le abrió el vientre.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 Concibió, dio a luz un hijo y dijo: “Dios ha quitado mi afrenta”.
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 Le puso el nombre de José, diciendo: “Que Yahvé me añada otro hijo”.
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 Cuando Raquel dio a luz a José, Jacob dijo a Labán: “Despídeme para que me vaya a mi lugar y a mi 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 Dame mis esposas y mis hijos por los que te he servido, y déjame ir; porque tú conoces mi servicio con el que te he 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 Labán le dijo: “Si ahora he hallado gracia ante tus ojos, quédate aquí, pues he adivinado que Yahvé me ha bendecido por tu causa.”
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 Él le dijo: “Ponme tu salario, y te lo daré”.
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 le dijo: “Tú sabes cómo te he servido y cómo me ha ido con tu ganado.
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 Porque era poco lo que tenías antes de que yo llegara, y ha aumentado hasta convertirse en una multitud. El Señor te ha bendecido dondequiera que me he vuelto. Ahora, ¿cuándo proveeré también para mi propia 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 Labán dijo: “¿Qué te doy?” Jacob dijo: “No me darás nada. Si haces esto por mí, volveré a apacentar tu rebaño y lo mantendré.
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 Hoy pasaré por todo tu rebaño, eliminando de él a toda oveja manchada y a toda oveja negra, y a la moteada y a la manchada entre las cabras. Este será mi salario.
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 Así mi justicia responderá por mí en adelante, cuando vengas a hablar de mi salario que está delante de ti. Todo el que no esté moteado y manchado entre las cabras, y negro entre las ovejas, que pueda estar conmigo, se considerará robado.”
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 Labán dijo: “He aquí, que sea según tu palabra”.
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Aquel día quitó los machos cabríos rayados y manchados, y todas las cabras moteadas y manchadas, todas las que tenían blanco, y todas las negras entre las ovejas, y las entregó en manos de sus hijos.
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 Puso tres días de camino entre él y Jacob, y éste apacentó el resto de los rebaños de Labán.
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 tomó para sí varas de álamo, almendro y plátano frescos, peló en ellas vetas blancas e hizo aparecer el blanco que había en las 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 Puso las varas que había pelado frente a los rebaños en los abrevaderos donde éstos venían a beber. Ellas concebían cuando venían a 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 Los rebaños concibieron delante de las varas, y los rebaños produjeron rayados, moteados y 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 separó los corderos, y puso las caras de los rebaños hacia los rayados y todos los negros del rebaño de Labán. Apartó sus propios rebaños y no los puso en el rebaño de Labán.
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 Cuando las más fuertes del rebaño concebían, Jacob ponía las varas delante de los ojos del rebaño en los abrevaderos, para que concibieran entre las 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 pero cuando el rebaño era débil, no las metía. Así que las más débiles eran de Labán, y las más fuertes 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 El hombre crecía mucho, y tenía grandes rebaños, siervas y siervos, y camellos y asnos.
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.
