Genesis 30 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.” ^[2] Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” ^[3] She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.” ^[4] She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her. ^[5] Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ^[6] Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. ^[7] Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. ^[8] Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali. ^[9] When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. ^[10] Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son. ^[11] Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad. ^[12] Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son. ^[13] Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher. ^[14] Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” ^[15] Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?”Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.” ^[16] Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”He lay with her that night. ^[17] God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. ^[18] Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar. ^[19] Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. ^[20] Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun. ^[21] Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah. ^[22] God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. ^[23] She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” ^[24] She named him Joseph,^ⓘ saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.” ^[25] When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. ^[26] Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.” ^[27] Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.” ^[28] He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.” ^[29] Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me. ^[30] For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?” ^[31] Laban said, “What shall I give you?”Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it. ^[32] I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire. ^[33] So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.” ^[34] Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.” ^[35] That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. ^[36] He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. ^[37] Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. ^[38] He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink. ^[39] The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted. ^[40] Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock. ^[41] Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the watering troughs, that they might conceive among the rods; ^[42] but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. ^[43] The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

Footnotes

Joseph means “may he add”.

King James Version

^[1] And when RachelH7354 sawH7200(QalImpf) that she bareH3205(QalPerf) JacobH3290 no children, RachelH7354 enviedH7065(PielImpf) her sister;H269 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto Jacob,H3290 GiveH3051(QalImpv) me children,H1121 or elseH369 I die.H4191(QalPtc) ^[2] And Jacob’sH3290 angerH639 was kindledH2734(QalImpf) against Rachel:H7354 and he said,H559(QalImpf) [Am] I in God’sH430 stead, who hath withheldH4513(QalPerf) from thee the fruitH6529 of the womb?H990 ^[3] And she said,H559(QalImpf) Behold my maidH519 Bilhah,H1090 go inH935(QalImpv) unto her; and she shall bearH3205(QalImpf) upon my knees,H1290 that I may also have childrenH1129(NiphImpf) by her. ^[4] And she gaveH5414(QalImpf) him BilhahH1090 her handmaidH8198 to wife:H802 and JacobH3290 went inH935(QalImpf) unto her. ^[5] And BilhahH1090 conceived,H2029(QalImpf) and bareH3205(QalImpf) JacobH3290 a son.H1121 ^[6] And RachelH7354 said,H559(QalImpf) GodH430 hath judgedH1777(QalPerf) me, and hath also heardH8085(QalPerf) my voice,H6963 and hath givenH5414(QalImpf) me a son:H1121 therefore calledH7121(QalPerf) she his nameH8034 Dan.H1835 ^[7] And BilhahH1090 Rachel’sH7354 maidH8198 conceivedH2029(QalImpf) again, and bareH3205(QalImpf) JacobH3290 a secondH8145 son.H1121 ^[8] And RachelH7354 said,H559(QalImpf) With greatH430 wrestlingsH5319 have I wrestledH6617(NiphPerf) with my sister,H269 and I have prevailed:H3201(QalPerf) and she calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Naphtali.H5321 ^[9] When LeahH3812 sawH7200(QalImpf) that she had leftH5975(QalPerf) bearing,H3205(QalInf) she tookH3947(QalImpf) ZilpahH2153 her maid,H8198 and gaveH5414(QalImpf) her JacobH3290 to wife.H802 ^[10] And ZilpahH2153 Leah’sH3812 maidH8198 bareH3205(QalImpf) JacobH3290 a son.H1121 ^[11] And LeahH3812 said,H559(QalImpf) A troopH1409 cometh:H935(QalPerf) and she calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Gad.H1410 ^[12] And ZilpahH2153 Leah’sH3812 maidH8198 bareH3205(QalImpf) JacobH3290 a secondH8145 son.H1121 ^[13] And LeahH3812 said,H559(QalImpf) Happy am I,H837 for the daughtersH1323 will call me blessed:H833(PielPerf) and she calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Asher.H836 ^[14] And ReubenH7205 went inH3212(QalImpf) the daysH3117 of wheatH2406 harvest,H7105 and foundH4672(QalImpf) mandrakesH1736 in the field,H7704 and broughtH935(HiphImpf) them unto his motherH517 Leah.H3812 Then RachelH7354 saidH559(QalImpf) to Leah,H3812 Give me,H5414(QalImpv) I pray thee, of thy son’sH1121 mandrakes.H1736 ^[15] And she saidH559(QalImpf) unto her, [Is it] a small matterH4592 that thou hast takenH3947(QalInf) my husband?H376 and wouldest thou take awayH3947(QalInf) my son’sH1121 mandrakesH1736 also? And RachelH7354 said,H559(QalImpf) Therefore he shall lieH7901(QalImpf) with thee to nightH3915 forH8478 thy son’sH1121 mandrakes.H1736 ^[16] And JacobH3290 cameH935(QalImpf) out of the fieldH7704 in the evening,H6153 and LeahH3812 went outH3318(QalImpf) to meetH7125(QalInf) him, and said,H559(QalImpf) Thou must come inH935(QalImpf) unto me; for surelyH7936(QalInf) I have hiredH7936(QalPerf) thee with my son’sH1121 mandrakes.H1736 And he layH7901(QalImpf) with her that night.H3915 ^[17] And GodH430 hearkenedH8085(QalImpf) unto Leah,H3812 and she conceived,H2029(QalImpf) and bareH3205(QalImpf) JacobH3290 the fifthH2549 son.H1121 ^[18] And LeahH3812 said,H559(QalImpf) GodH430 hath givenH5414(QalPerf) me my hire,H7939 becauseH834 I have givenH5414(QalPerf) my maidenH8198 to my husband:H376 and she calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Issachar.H3485 ^[19] And LeahH3812 conceivedH2029(QalImpf) again, and bareH3205(QalImpf) JacobH3290 the sixthH8345 son.H1121 ^[20] And LeahH3812 said,H559(QalImpf) GodH430 hath enduedH2064(QalPerf) me [with] a goodH2896 dowry;H2065 nowH6471 will my husbandH376 dwellH2082(QalImpf) with me, because I have bornH3205(QalPerf) him sixH8337 sons:H1121 and she calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Zebulun.H2074 ^[21] And afterwardsH310 she bareH3205(QalPerf) a daughter,H1323 and calledH7121(QalImpf) her nameH8034 Dinah.H1783 ^[22] And GodH430 rememberedH2142(QalImpf) Rachel,H7354 and GodH430 hearkenedH8085(QalImpf) to her, and openedH6605(QalImpf) her womb.H7358 ^[23] And she conceived,H2029(QalImpf) and bareH3205(QalImpf) a son;H1121 and said,H559(QalImpf) GodH430 hath taken awayH622(QalPerf) my reproach:H2781 ^[24] And she calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Joseph;H3130 and said,H559(QalInf) The LordH3068 shall addH3254(HiphImpf) to me anotherH312 son.H1121 ^[25] And it came to pass, when RachelH7354 had bornH3205(QalPerf) Joseph,H3130 that JacobH3290 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Laban,H3837 Send me away,H7971(PielImpv) that I may goH3212(QalImpf) unto mine own place,H4725 and to my country.H776 ^[26] GiveH5414(QalImpv) [me] my wivesH802 and my children,H3206 forH2004 whom I have servedH5647(QalPerf) thee, and let me go:H3212(QalImpf) for thou knowestH3045(QalPerf) my serviceH5656 which I have doneH5647(QalPerf) thee. ^[27] And LabanH3837 saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, I pray thee, if I have foundH4672(QalPerf) favourH2580 in thine eyes,H5869 [tarry: for] I have learned by experienceH5172(PielPerf) that the LordH3068 hath blessedH1288(PielImpf) me for thy sake.H1558 ^[28] And he said,H559(QalImpf) AppointH5344(QalImpv) me thy wages,H7939 and I will giveH5414(QalImpf) [it]. ^[29] And he saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Thou knowestH3045(QalPerf) howH834 I have servedH5647(QalPerf) thee, and howH834 thy cattleH4735 was with me. ^[30] For [it was] littleH4592 which thou hadst before IH6440 [came], and it is [now] increasedH6555(QalImpf) unto a multitude;H7230 and the LordH3068 hath blessedH1288(PielImpf) thee since my coming:H7272 and now whenH4970 shall I provideH6213(QalImpf) for mine own houseH1004 also? ^[31] And he said,H559(QalImpf) What shall I give thee?H5414(QalImpf) And JacobH3290 said,H559(QalImpf) Thou shalt not giveH5414(QalImpf) me any thing:H3972 if thou wilt doH6213(QalImpf) this thingH1697 for me, I will againH7725(QalImpf) feedH7462(QalImpf) [and] keepH8104(QalImpf) thy flock:H6629 ^[32] I will passH5674(QalImpf) through all thy flockH6629 to day,H3117 removingH5493(HiphInf) from thence all the speckledH5348 and spottedH2921(QalPasPtc) cattle,H7716 and all the brownH2345 cattleH7716 among the sheep,H3775 and the spottedH2921(QalPasPtc) and speckledH5348 among the goats:H5795 and [of such] shall be my hire.H7939 ^[33] So shall my righteousnessH6666 answerH6030(QalPerf) for me in timeH3117 to come,H4279 when it shall comeH935(QalImpf) for my hireH7939 before thy face:H6440 every oneH3605 that [is] not speckledH5348 and spottedH2921(QalPasPtc) among the goats,H5795 and brownH2345 among the sheep,H3775 that shall be counted stolenH1589(QalPasPtc) with me. ^[34] And LabanH3837 said,H559(QalImpf) Behold, I would it might beH3863 according to thy word.H1697 ^[35] And he removedH5493(HiphImpf) that dayH3117 the he goatsH8495 that were ringstrakedH6124 and spotted,H2921(QalPasPtc) and all the she goatsH5795 that were speckledH5348 and spotted,H2921(QalPasPtc) [and] every one that had [some] whiteH3836 in it, and all the brownH2345 among the sheep,H3775 and gaveH5414(QalImpf) [them] into the handH3027 of his sons.H1121 ^[36] And he setH7760(QalImpf) threeH7969 days’H3117 journeyH1870 betwixt himself and Jacob:H3290 and JacobH3290 fedH7462(QalActPtc) the restH3498(NiphPtc) of Laban’sH3837 flocks.H6629 ^[37] And JacobH3290 tookH3947(QalImpf) him rodsH4731 of greenH3892 poplar,H3839 and of the hazelH3869 and chesnut tree;H6196 and pilledH6478(PielImpf) whiteH3836 strakesH6479 in them, and made the whiteH3836 appearH4286 which [was] in the rods.H4731 ^[38] And he setH3322(HiphImpf) the rodsH4731 which he had pilledH6478(PielPerf) beforeH5227 the flocksH6629 in the guttersH7298 in the wateringH4325 troughsH8268 when the flocksH6629 cameH935(QalImpf) to drink,H8354(QalInf) that they should conceiveH3179(QalImpf) when they cameH935(QalInf) to drink.H8354(QalInf) ^[39] And the flocksH6629 conceivedH3179(QalImpf) before the rods,H4731 and brought forthH3205(QalImpf) cattleH6629 ringstraked,H6124 speckled,H5348 and spotted.H2921(QalPasPtc) ^[40] And JacobH3290 did separateH6504(HiphPerf) the lambs,H3775 and setH5414(QalImpf) the facesH6440 of the flocksH6629 towardH413 the ringstraked,H6124 and all the brownH2345 in the flockH6629 of Laban;H3837 and he putH7896(QalImpf) his own flocksH5739 by themselves, and putH7896(QalPerf) them not unto Laban’sH3837 cattle.H6629 ^[41] And it came to pass, whensoever the strongerH7194(PualPtc) cattleH6629 did conceive,H3179(PielInf) that JacobH3290 laidH7760(QalPerf) the rodsH4731 before the eyesH5869 of the cattleH6629 in the gutters,H7298 that they might conceiveH3179(PielInf) among the rods.H4731 ^[42] But when the cattleH6629 were feeble,H5848(HiphInf) he put [them] not in:H7760(QalImpf) so the feeblerH5848(QalPasPtc) were Laban’s,H3837 and the strongerH7194(QalPasPtc) Jacob’s.H3290 ^[43] And the manH376 increasedH6555(QalImpf) exceedingly,H3966 and had muchH7227 cattle,H6629 and maidservants,H8198 and menservants,H5650 and camels,H1581 and asses.H2543

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