Génesis 30
1 Al ver Raquel que no daba hijos a Jacob, tuvo celos de su hermana y decía a Jacob: ¡Dame hijos o me muero!
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 Entonces la ira de Jacob se encendió contra Raquel y contestó: ¿Estoy yo en lugar de ʼElohim que te impide 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: Aquí está mi esclava Bilha. Únete a ella, y que dé a luz sobre mis rodillas. Así también yo seré edificada por 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 Le entregó a su esclava Bilha como mujer, y Jacob se unió a ella.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Bilha concibió y dio a luz un hijo a Jacob.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Entonces Raquel dijo: ʼElohim me juzgó. También oyó mi voz y me dio un hijo. Por tanto 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 Bilha, esclava de Raquel, concibió otra vez y dio a luz un segundo hijo a Jacob.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Y Raquel dijo: Con gran conflicto luché contra mi hermana y vencí. Y 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 Al ver Lea que cesó de dar a luz, tomó a su esclava Zilpa, y la dio a Jacob como mujer.
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, esclava de Lea, dio a luz un hijo a Jacob.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Entonces Lea dijo: ¡Vino la ventura! Y lo llamó Gad.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Zilpa, esclava de Lea, dio a luz un segundo hijo a Jacob.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Y Lea dijo: ¡Soy feliz! Porque las mujeres me llamarán dichosa. Y 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 Durante la cosecha del trigo, Rubén fue y halló mandrágoras en el campo, y las llevó a su madre Lea. Y Raquel dijo a Lea: Te ruego que me des 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 Y ella le contestó: ¿Te parece poco que me quitaste a mi esposo, y quieres llevarte las mandrágoras de mi hijo? Raquel respondió: Bueno, que se una contigo esta noche en pago 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 Cuando Jacob regresaba del campo al llegar la noche, Lea le salió al encuentro, y dijo: Únete a mí, porque te alquilé formalmente por unas mandrágoras de mi hijo. Y se unió con ella aquella noche.
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 ʼElohim oyó a Lea, quien concibió y dio a luz un quinto hijo a Jacob.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Y Lea dijo: ʼElohim me dio mi recompensa, por cuanto di mi esclava a mi esposo. Por eso 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 otra vez y dio a luz un sexto hijo a Jacob.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 Y Lea dijo: ʼElohim me dio buena dote. Porque le di a luz seis hijos, esta vez mi esposo vivirá conmigo. Y lo llamó 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 una hija y la llamó Dina.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 ʼElohim se acordó de Raquel. ʼElohim la oyó y abrió su matriz.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 Concibió y dio a luz un hijo, y dijo: ʼElohim quitó 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 Lo llamó José y dijo: Añádame Yavé 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 Aconteció que cuando Raquel dio a luz a José, Jacob dijo a Labán: Despídeme para que me vaya a mi lugar y a mi tierra.
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 cuales te serví, y me iré, pues tú bien sabes cuál es el trabajo que realicé para ti.
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 Pero Labán le respondió: Halle yo gracia ante tus ojos. Percibí que Yavé me bendijo 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 Y añadió: Señálame tu salario, y te lo pagaré.
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Pero Jacob dijo: Tú mismo sabes lo que te serví y cómo estuvo tu ganado conmigo.
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 Pues poco tenías antes de mi venida, y aumentó mucho. Yavé te bendijo con mi presencia. Así que, ¿cuándo trabajaré yo por 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 Y él contestó: ¿Qué te daré? Y Jacob dijo: No me des algo. Volveré a apacentar tu rebaño si haces esto para mí:
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 y separaré de entre las cabras y ovejas toda manchada y moteada, y toda oscura. Éstas serán 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 mañana, cuando vayas a comprobar mi salario, mi honradez responderá por mí: Todo lo que no sea moteado o manchado entre las cabras, o de color oscuro entre los corderos, se considerará hurtado por mí.
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 Y Labán respondió: ¡Convenido! ¡Que sea como tú dices!
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Sin embargo, aquel mismo día Labán separó todas las cabras y los machos cabríos manchados y moteados. Toda aquella que tenía algo de blanco y todos los corderos de color los 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 Además interpuso tres días de camino entre él y Jacob. Y Jacob quedó y apacentaba el resto del rebaño 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 Entonces Jacob tomó varas verdes de álamo, de avellano y de castaño, y descortezó en ellas mondaduras blancas para descubrir así lo blanco de 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 descortezó en los abrevaderos, delante del rebaño en las canales de agua donde bebían las ovejas, las cuales se apareaban cuando iban 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 Las ovejas se apareaban delante de las varas y parían borregos listados, 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 Entonces Jacob separaba los corderos, y colocaba con su propio rebaño lo listado y todo lo que era oscuro en el rebaño de Labán. Él colocó su manada aparte y no la mezcló con 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 Sucedía que cuantas veces se apareaban las robustas, Jacob colocaba las varas en los abrevaderos delante de las ovejas para que concibieran ante 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 En cambio, cuando las débiles llegaban, no las colocaba. Así las más débiles eran para Labán, y las más fuertes para 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 se enriqueció muchísimo y logró poseer numerosos rebaños, esclavas y esclavos, 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.
