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| [1]And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.' |
[1]And when Rachel saw that she bear Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. |
| [2]And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?' |
[2]Then Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, which hath withholden from thee the fruit of the womb? |
| [3]And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;' |
[3]And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I shall have children also by her. |
| [4]and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her; |
[4]Then she gave him Bilhah her maid to wife, and Jacob went in to her. |
| [5]and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, |
[5]So Bilhah conceived and bear Jacob a son. |
| [6]and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan. |
[6]Then said Rachel, God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name, Dan. |
| [7]And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob, |
[7]And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bear Jacob the second son. |
| [8]and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali. |
[8]Then Rachel said, With excellent wrestling have I wrestled with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand: and she called his name, Naphtali. |
| [9]And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife; |
[9]And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. |
| [10]and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son, |
[10]And Zilpah Leah's maid bear Jacob a son. |
| [11]and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad. |
[11]Then said Leah, A company cometh: and she called his name, Gad. |
| [12]And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob, |
[12]Again Zilpah Leah's maid bear Jacob another son. |
| [13]and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher. |
[13]Then said Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will bless me. And she called his name, Asher. |
| [14]And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.' |
[14]Now Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then said Rachel to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. |
| [15]And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.' |
[15]But she answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my son's mandrakes also? Then said Rachel, Therefore he shall sleep with thee this night for thy son's mandrakes. |
| [16]And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night. |
[16]And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Come in to me, for I have bought and paid for thee with my son's mandrakes: and he slept with her that night. |
| [17]And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth, |
[17]And God heard Leah and she conceived, and bear unto Jacob the fifth son. |
| [18]and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar. |
[18]Then said Leah, God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband, and she called his name Issachar. |
| [19]And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob, |
[19]After, Leah conceived again, and bear Jacob the sixth son. |
| [20]and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun; |
[20]Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry: now will mine husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. |
| [21]and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah. |
[21]After that, she bear a daughter, and she called her name Dinah. |
| [22]And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb, |
[22]And God remembered Rachel, and God heard her, and opened her womb. |
| [23]and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;' |
[23]So she conceived and bear a son, and said, God hath taken away my rebuke. |
| [24]and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.' |
[24]And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord will give me yet another son. |
| [25]And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land; |
[25]And as soon as Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away that I may go unto my place and to my country. |
| [26]give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.' |
[26]Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what service I have done thee. |
| [27]And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.' |
[27]To whom Laban answered, If I have now found favor in thy sight, tarry: I have perceived that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. |
| [28]He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.' |
[28]Also he said, Appoint unto me thy wages, and I will give it thee. |
| [29]And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee [in], and that which thy substance was with me; |
[29]But he said unto him, Thou knowest, what service I have done thee, and in what taking thy cattle hath been under me. |
| [30]for [it is] little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?' |
[30]For the little, that thou hadst before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lord hath blessed thee by my coming: but now when shall I travel for mine own house also? |
| [31]And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch; |
[31]Then he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob answered, Thou shalt give me nothing at all: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will return, feed, and keep thy sheep. |
| [32]I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire; |
[32]I will pass through all thy flocks this day, and separate from them all the sheep with little spots and great spots, and all black lambs among the sheep, and the great spotted, and little spotted among the goats: and it shall be my wages. |
| [33]and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs -- it is stolen with me.' |
[33]So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when it shall come for my reward before thy face, and every one that hath not little or great spots among the goats, and black among the sheep, the same shall be theft with me. |
| [34]And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;' |
[34]Then Laban said, Go to, would God it might be according to thy saying. |
| [35]and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that [hath] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons, |
[35]Therefore he took out the same day the he goats that were parti colored and with great spots, and all the she goats with little and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the black among the sheep, and put them in the keeping of his sons. |
| [36]and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban. |
[36]And he set three days journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob kept the rest of Laban's sheep. |
| [37]And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods, |
[37]Then Jacob took rods of green popular, and of hazel, and of the chestnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear in the rods. |
| [38]and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink; |
[38]Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughs, when the sheep came to drink, before the sheep. (for they were in heat, when they came to drink) |
| [39]and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones. |
[39]And the sheep were in heat before the rods, and afterward brought forth young of parti color, and with small and great spots. |
| [40]And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock. |
[40]And Jacob parted these lambs, and turned the faces of the flock towards these lambs parti colored and all manner of black, among the sheep of Laban: so he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's flock. |
| [41]And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods, |
[41]And in every ramming time of the stronger sheep, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the gutters, that they might conceive before the rods. |
| [42]and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's. |
[42]But when the sheep were feeble, he put them not in: and so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. |
| [43]And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses. |
[43]So the man increased exceedingly, and had many flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels and asses. |