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Genesis 30 (WEBP)

[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.

Genesis 30:24 Joseph means “may he add”.

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Genesis 30 (KJVS)

[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 ().
[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 ?
[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.
[4] And she gave () him Bilhah her handmaid to wife : and Jacob went in () unto her.
[5] And Bilhah conceived (), and bare () Jacob a son .
[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 .
[7] And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived () again, and bare () Jacob a second son .
[8] And Rachel said (), With great wrestlings have I wrestled () with my sister , and I have prevailed (): and she called () his name Naphtali .
[9] 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 bare () Jacob a son .
[11] And Leah said (), A troop cometh (): and she called () his name Gad .
[12] And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare () Jacob a second son .
[13] And Leah said (), Happy am I , for the daughters will call me blessed (): and she called () his name Asher .
[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 .
[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 .
[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 .
[17] And God hearkened () unto Leah , and she conceived (), and bare () Jacob the fifth son .
[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 .
[19] And Leah conceived () again, and bare () Jacob the sixth son .
[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 .
[21] And afterwards she bare () a daughter , and called () her name Dinah .
[22] And God remembered () Rachel , and God hearkened () to her, and opened () her womb .
[23] And she conceived (), and bare () a son ; and said (), God hath taken away () my reproach :
[24] And she called () his name Joseph ; and said (), The LORD shall add () to me another son .
[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 .
[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.
[27] And 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 .
[28] And he said (), Appoint () me thy wages , and I will give () [it].
[29] And he said () unto him, Thou knowest () how I have served () thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
[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?
[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 :
[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 .
[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.
[34] And Laban said (), Behold, I would it might be according to thy word .
[35] And 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 .
[36] And he set () three days ’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob : and Jacob fed () the rest () of Laban’s flocks .
[37] And 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 .
[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 ().
[39] And the flocks conceived () before the rods , and brought forth () cattle ringstraked , speckled , and spotted ().
[40] And 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 .
[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 .
[42] But when the cattle were feeble (), he put [them] not in (): so the feebler () were Laban’s , and the stronger () Jacob’s .
[43] And the man increased () exceedingly , and had much cattle , and maidservants , and menservants , and camels , and asses .

Young’s Literal Translation

Genesis 30 (YLT)

[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.’
[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?’
[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;’
[4] and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
[5] and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to 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.
[7] And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,
[8] and Rachel saith, ‘With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;’ and she calleth his name Napthali.
[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;
[10] and Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,
[11] and Leah saith, ‘A troop is coming;’ and she calleth his name Gad.
[12] And Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,
[13] and Leah saith, ‘Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;’ and she calleth 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.’
[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.’
[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.
[17] And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,
[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.
[19] And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,
[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;
[21] and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.
[22] And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,
[23] and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, ‘God hath gathered up my reproach;’
[24] and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, ‘Jehovah is adding to me 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;
[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.’
[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.’
[28] He saith also, ‘Define thy hire to me, and I give.’
[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;
[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?’
[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;
[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;
[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.’
[34] And Laban saith, ‘Lo, O that it were according to thy word;’
[35] and he turneth aside during that day the ring-streaked 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,
[36] and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.
[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,
[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;
[39] and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.
[40] And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-streaked, 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.
[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,
[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.
[43] And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.