Génesis 30

1 Y viendo Raquel que no daba hijos a Jacob, tuvo envidia de su hermana, y decía a Jacob: Dame hijos, o si no, yo soy muerta.

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 Y Jacob se enojaba contra Raquel, y decía: ¿ Soy yo en lugar de Dios, que te impidió el fruto de tu 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 Y ella dijo: He aquí mi sierva Bilha; entra a ella, y dará a luz sobre mis rodillas, y yo también tendré 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 Así le dio a Bilha su sierva por mujer; y Jacob entró a ella.

So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.

5 Y concibió Bilha, y dio a luz un hijo a Jacob.

She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.

6 Y dijo Raquel: Me juzgó Dios, y también oyó mi voz, y me dio un hijo. Por tanto llamó su nombre 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 Y concibió otra vez Bilha, la sierva de Raquel, y dio a luz el hijo segundo a Jacob.

Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.

8 Y dijo Raquel: Con luchas de Dios he luchado con mi hermana, y he vencido. Y llamó su nombre 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 Y viendo Lea que había dejado de dar a luz, tomó a Zilpa su sierva, y la dio a Jacob por 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 Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, dio a luz un hijo a Jacob.

Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.

11 Y dijo Lea: Vino la buena ventura. Y llamó su nombre Gad.

Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].

12 Y Zilpa, la sierva de Lea, dio a luz otro hijo a Jacob.

Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.

13 Y dijo Lea: Para hacerme bienaventurada; porque las mujeres me dirán bienaventurada; y llamó su nombre Aser.

Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’

14 Y fue Rubén en tiempo de la siega de los trigos, y halló mandrágoras en el campo, y las trajo a Lea su madre; y dijo Raquel 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 respondió: ¿Es poco que hayas tomado mi marido, sino que también te has de llevar las mandrágoras de mi hijo? Y dijo Raquel: Pues dormirá 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 Y cuando Jacob volvía del campo a la tarde, salió Lea a él, y le dijo: A mí has de entrar, porque a la verdad te he alquilado por las mandrágoras de mi hijo. Y durmió 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 Y oyó Dios a Lea; y concibió, y dio a luz el quinto hijo a Jacob.

God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

18 Y dijo Lea: Dios me ha dado mi salario, por cuanto di mi sierva a mi marido; por eso llamó su nombre 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 Y concibió Lea otra vez, y dio a luz el sexto hijo a Jacob.

Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.

20 Y dijo Lea: Dios me ha dado buena dádiva; ahora morará conmigo mi marido, porque le he dado a luz seis hijos; y llamó su nombre 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 Y después dio a luz una hija, y llamó su nombre Dina.

Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.

22 Y se acordó Dios de Raquel, y la oyó Dios, y abrió su matriz.

Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.

23 Y concibió, y dio a luz un hijo; y dijo: Dios ha quitado mi vergüenza;

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 y llamó su nombre José, diciendo: Añádame el SEÑOR 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 Y aconteció, cuando Raquel dio a luz a José, que Jacob dijo a Labán: Envíame, e iré 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 mujeres y mis hijos, por las cuales he servido contigo, porque tú sabes el servicio que te he hecho.

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 Y Labán le respondió: Halle yo ahora gracia en tus ojos, he experimentado que el SEÑOR 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 Y dijo: Señálame tu salario, que yo 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 Y él respondió: Tú sabes cómo te he servido, y cuánto ha sido 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 porque poco tenías antes de mi venida, y ha crecido en multitud; y el SEÑOR te ha bendecido con mi entrada; y ahora ¿cuándo tengo de hacer yo también 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 dijo: ¿Qué te daré? Respondió Jacob: No me des nada; si hicieres por mí esto, volveré a apacentar tus ovejas.

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 Yo pasaré hoy por todas tus ovejas, poniendo aparte toda oveja pintada y manchada, y todo carnero bermejo entre los carneros, y lo pintado y manchado entre las cabras; y esto 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 responderá por mí mi justicia mañana cuando me viniere mi salario delante de ti; todo lo que no fuere pintado ni manchado en las cabras y bermejo en las ovejas mías, se me ha de tener por de hurto.

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 dijo Labán: Mira, Deseo que fuese como tú dices.

Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”

35 Y apartó Labán aquel día los machos cabríos cinchados y manchados; y todas las cabras pintadas y manchadas, y todo lo que tenía en sí algo de blanco, y todo lo bermejo entre las ovejas, y las puso en la mano 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 y puso tres días de camino entre sí y Jacob; y Jacob apacentaba las otras ovejas 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 Luego tomó Jacob varas de álamo verdes, y de almendro, y de castaño, y descortezó en ellas mondaduras blancas, descubriendo 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 Y puso las varas que había mondado en las pilas, en los abrevaderos del agua donde las ovejas venían a beber, delante de las ovejas, las cuales se calentaban viniendo 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 Y concebían las ovejas delante de las varas, y parían borregos cinchados, pintados 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 Y apartaba Jacob los corderos, y los ponía con su rebaño, los cinchados, y todo lo que era bermejo en el hato de Labán. Y ponía su hato aparte, y no lo ponía con las ovejas 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 Y sucedía que cuantas veces se calentaban las tempranas, Jacob ponía las varas delante de las ovejas en las pilas, para que concibiesen delante de 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 Y cuando venían las ovejas tardías, no las ponía; así eran las tardías para Labán, y las tempranas 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 Y se multiplicó el varón muchísimo, y tuvo muchas ovejas, y 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.