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Genesis 30
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1And 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.
1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2And Jacobwas angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?
2And 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?
3And 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.
3And 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.
4And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and listened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.
6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sisterand prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.
8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9And 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.
9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
11And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
13And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14And 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 meof your son's mandrakes.
14And 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.
15And Lea said , [Is it] not enough for you that you have taken my husband, will you also take my son's mandrakes ? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
15And 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.
16And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
16And 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.
17And God listened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18And 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.
18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20And 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.
20And 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.
21And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and he opened her womb.
22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
25And it came to passwhen Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my placeand to my land.
25And 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.
26Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart, for you know the service wherewith I have served you.
26Give 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.
27And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in your sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at your coming in.
27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
28Appoint me your wages, and I will give [them].
28And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29And Jacob said , You know in what things I have served you, and how many cattle of your are with me.
29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30For it was little you had before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed you since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house ?
30For 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?
31And Laban said to him, What shall I give you? and Jacob said to him, You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again tend your flocks and keep them.
31And 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:
32Let all your sheep pass by today, 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.
32I 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.
33And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before you: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
33So 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.
34And Laban said to him, Let it be according to your word.
34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35And 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.
35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked 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.
36And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
36And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37And 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.
37And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering -troughs, that whenever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.
38And 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.
39So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-colored [spots].
39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40And 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.
40And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, 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.
41And 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.
41And 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.
42But 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.
42But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.