30:1 And Rachel having perceived that she
bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give
me children; and if not, I shall die.
30:2 And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of
God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
30:3 And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and
she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.
30:4 And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in
to her.
30:5 And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
30:6 And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and hearkened to my
voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.
30:7 And Balla, Rachel's's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son
to Jacob.
30:8 And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and
prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.
30:9 And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid,
and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
30:10 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
30:11 And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
30:12 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a
second son.
30:13 And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed;
and she called his name, Aser.
30:14 And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of
mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said
to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.
30:15 And Lea said, [Is it] not enough for thee that thou hast taken my
husband, wilt thou also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so:
let him lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
30:16 And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet
him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for
my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
30:17 And God hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth
son.
30:18 And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my
husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.
30:19 And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
30:20 And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband
will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name,
Zabulon.
30:21 And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her
womb.
30:23 And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has
taken away my reproach.
30:24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
30:25 And it came to pass when Rache had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,
Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.
30:26 Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I
may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee.
30:27 And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, I would
augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.
30:28 Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [them].
30:29 And Jacob said, Thou knowest in what things I have served thee, and
how many cattle of thine are with me.
30:30 For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a
multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee since my coming; now then, when
shall I set up also my own house?
30:31 And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and Jacob said to him,
Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will
again tend thy flocks and keep them.
30:32 Let all thy sheep pass by to-day, and separate thence every grey sheep
among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats--
[this] shall be my reward.
30:33 And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my
reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the
goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
30:34 And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.
30:35 And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and
all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was grey among the
rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the
hand of his sons.
30:36 And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob.
And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
30:37 And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and
plane-tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the
green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.
30:38 And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the
watering-troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they
should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the
rods.
30:39 So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth
[young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured [spots].
30:40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled
ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for
himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
30:41 And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant,
conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the
troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.
30:42 But he did not put them in [indiscriminately] whenever the cattle
happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban's, and the marked
ones were Jacob's.
30:43 And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and
servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses. |
30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob
no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me
children, or else I die.
30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in
God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear
upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her.
30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and
hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and
gave her Jacob to wife.
30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and
she called his name Asher.
30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in
the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,
Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my
husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee
with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
fifth son.
30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my
maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my
husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his
name Zebulun.
30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her
womb.
30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach:
30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me
another son.
30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto
Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let
me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine
eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me
for thy sake.
30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy
cattle was with me.
30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and
keep thy flock.
30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and
the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen
with me.
30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and
spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one
that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them
into the hand of his sons.
30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob
fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut
tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was
in the rods.
30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the
gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they
should conceive when they came to drink.
30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.
30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he
put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that
Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they
might conceive among the rods.
30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler
were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. |