Génesis 30

1 Y Raquel, porque no tenía hijos, estaba llena de envidia de su hermana; y ella le dijo a Jacob: Si no me das hijos, no seguiré viviendo.

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 Pero Jacob se enojó contra Raquel, y dijo: ¿Soy yo en el lugar de Dios, que ha impedido que tu cuerpo tenga fruto?

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 Entonces ella dijo: Aquí está mi sierva Bilha, ve a ella, para que ella tenga un niño sobre mis rodillas, y yo pueda tener una familia junto a 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 Entonces ella le dio a su sierva Bilha como esposa, 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 Y Bilhah engendró, y dio a luz un hijo.

She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.

6 Entonces dijo Raquel: Dios es mi juez, y ha prestado oído a mi voz, y me ha dado un hijo; así que se 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 Y otra vez Bilha, sierva de Raquel, estaba encinta, y dio a luz un segundo hijo.

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

8 Y dijo Raquel: He tenido una gran pelea con mi hermana, y la he vencido; y ella le dio el nombre de Nephtali al niño.

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 a Lea le quedó claro que no tendría más hijos por un tiempo, dio a Zilpa, su sierva, 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 Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, dio a luz un hijo.

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

11 Y Lea dijo: Me ha ido bien, y le dio el nombre de Gad.

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

12 Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, dio a luz un segundo hijo.

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

13 Y Lea dijo: ¡Feliz yo! y todas las mujeres darán testimonio de mi alegría: y ella le dio el nombre de Aser.

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

14 En el momento de cortar el grano, Rubén vio algunas mandrágoras en el campo, y se las llevó a su madre Lea. Y Raquel le dijo: 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 Pero Lea le dijo: ¿Es poco lo que me has quitado a mi marido? y ahora tomarías las mandrágoras de mi hijo? Entonces Raquel dijo: Puedes tenerlo esta noche a cambio de 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 Por la tarde, cuando Jacob vino del campo, Lea salió a él y le dijo: Esta noche vendrás a mí, porque yo te he alquilado por las mandrágoras de mi hijo. Y él fue a ella esa 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 Dios la oyó y ella engendró, y dio a Jacob un quinto hijo.

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

18 Entonces dijo Lea: Dios me ha pagado por haberle dado mi sierva a mi marido, y le dio a su hijo el nombre de 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 otra vez Lea se hizo concebir, y ella dio a Jacob un sexto hijo.

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

20 Y ella dijo: Dios me ha dado un buen dote; ahora, por fin, tendré a mi esposo viviendo conmigo, porque le he dado seis hijos; y ella le dio 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 de eso ella tuvo una hija, a quien le dio el nombre de Dina.

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

22 Entonces Dios pensó en Raquel, y al escuchar su oración la hizo fértil.

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

23 Y ella estaba encinta, y dio a luz un hijo; y ella dijo: Dios se ha llevado 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 le dio el nombre de José, diciendo: ¡Que el Señor me dé 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 después del nacimiento de José, Jacob dijo a Labán: Déjame ir 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 mujeres y mis hijos, por quienes he sido tu siervo, y déjame ir, porque tú tienes conocimiento de todo el trabajo que he hecho por 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 Y Labán dijo: Si me permites que lo diga, no te vayas; porque he visto por las señales de que el Señor ha sido bueno conmigo por causa de ti.

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 Di, entonces, cuál será tu pago y yo 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 Entonces Jacob dijo: Tú has visto lo que he hecho por ti, y cómo tu ganado ha hecho bien bajo mi cuidado.

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 antes de que yo llegara tenías poco, y ha sido grandemente aumentado; y el Señor te ha dado una bendición en todo lo que hice; pero ¿cuándo debo hacer algo por mi familia?

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 Labán dijo: ¿Qué he de darte? Y Jacob dijo: No me des nada; pero volveré a ocuparme del cuidado de tu rebaño si solo haces esto por 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 Déjame ir a través de todos tus rebaños hoy, sacando de entre ellos todas las ovejas que están marcadas o coloreadas o negras, y todas las cabras marcadas o de color: estas serán mi pago.

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 Y así podrás poner a prueba mi honor en el futuro; si ves entre mis rebaños a las cabras que no están marcadas o coloreadas, o cualquier oveja que no sea negra, puedes tomarme por un ladrón.

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 dijo: Deja que sea como dices.

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

35 Y tomó aquel día todos los machos cabríos que estaban listados o pintados, y todas las colas que estaban marcadas o coloreadas o tenían marcas blancas, y todas las ovejas negras, y las puso al cuidado 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 los envió a tres días de viaje, y Jacob se hizo cargo del 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 ramas verdes de árboles, y cortó la piel para que la madera blanca se viera en bandas.

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 él puso los palos con bandas en los bebederos donde el rebaño iba a buscar agua; y procrearon 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 Y debido a esto, el rebaño dio a luz a los borregos que fueron marcados con bandas de color.

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 Estos corderos Jacob se mantuvieron separados; y él puso su rebaño en un lugar solo y no 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 Y cuando los más fuertes del rebaño se unían para tener crías, Jacob les ponía los palos en los bebederos, para que en el momento de unirse vieran los palos.

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 las ovejas más flacas, no les puso los palos; de modo que las bandadas más débiles eran de Labán y las más fuertes eran 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 Así que la riqueza de Jacob se incrementó en gran manera; tenía grandes rebaños y sirvientas y sirvientes, 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.