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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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King James w/Strong’s #s

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.

Genesis 30:3 Heb. be built by her
Genesis 30:6 That is, Judging
Genesis 30:8 Heb. wrestlings of God
Genesis 30:11 That is, A troop, or company
Genesis 30:13a Heb. in my happiness
Genesis 30:13b That is, Happy
Genesis 30:18 That is, An hire
Genesis 30:20 That is, Dwelling
Genesis 30:21 That is, Judgment
Genesis 30:24 That is, Adding
Genesis 30:30a Heb. broken forth
Genesis 30:30b Heb. at my foot
Genesis 30:33 Heb. tomorrow

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 30 (BYZ)

[1] ιδουσα δε ραχηλ οτι ου τετοκεν τω ιακωβ και εζηλωσεν ραχηλ την αδελφην αυτης και ειπεν τω ιακωβ δος μοι τεκνα ει δε μη τελευτησω εγω
[2] εθυμωθη δε ιακωβ τη ραχηλ και ειπεν αυτη μη αντι θεου εγω ειμι ος εστερησεν σε καρπον κοιλιας
[3] ειπεν δε ραχηλ τω ιακωβ ιδου η παιδισκη μου βαλλα εισελθε προς αυτην και τεξεται επι των γονατων μου και τεκνοποιησομαι καγω εξ αυτης
[4] και εδωκεν αυτω βαλλαν την παιδισκην αυτης αυτω γυναικα εισηλθεν δε προς αυτην ιακωβ
[5] και συνελαβεν βαλλα η παιδισκη ραχηλ και ετεκεν τω ιακωβ υιον
[6] και ειπεν ραχηλ εκρινεν μοι ο θεος και επηκουσεν της φωνης μου και εδωκεν μοι υιον δια τουτο εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου δαν
[7] και συνελαβεν ετι βαλλα η παιδισκη ραχηλ και ετεκεν υιον δευτερον τω ιακωβ
[8] και ειπεν ραχηλ συνελαβετο μοι ο θεος και συνανεστραφην τη αδελφη μου και ηδυνασθην και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου νεφθαλι
[9] ειδεν δε λεια οτι εστη του τικτειν και ελαβεν ζελφαν την παιδισκην αυτης και εδωκεν αυτην τω ιακωβ γυναικα
[10] εισηλθεν δε προς αυτην ιακωβ και συνελαβεν ζελφα η παιδισκη λειας και ετεκεν τω ιακωβ υιον
[11] και ειπεν λεια εν τυχη και επωνομασεν το ονομα αυτου γαδ
[12] και συνελαβεν ζελφα η παιδισκη λειας και ετεκεν ετι τω ιακωβ υιον δευτερον
[13] και ειπεν λεια μακαρια εγω οτι μακαριζουσιν με αι γυναικες και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου ασηρ
[14] επορευθη δε ρουβην εν ημεραις θερισμου πυρων και ευρεν μηλα μανδραγορου εν τω αγρω και ηνεγκεν αυτα προς λειαν την μητερα αυτου ειπεν δε ραχηλ τη λεια δος μοι των μανδραγορων του υιου σου
[15] ειπεν δε λεια ουχ ικανον σοι οτι ελαβες τον ανδρα μου μη και τους μανδραγορας του υιου μου λημψη ειπεν δε ραχηλ ουχ ουτως κοιμηθητω μετα σου την νυκτα ταυτην αντι των μανδραγορων του υιου σου
[16] εισηλθεν δε ιακωβ εξ αγρου εσπερας και εξηλθεν λεια εις συναντησιν αυτω και ειπεν προς με εισελευση σημερον μεμισθωμαι γαρ σε αντι των μανδραγορων του υιου μου και εκοιμηθη μετ αυτης την νυκτα εκεινην
[17] και επηκουσεν ο θεος λειας και συλλαβουσα ετεκεν τω ιακωβ υιον πεμπτον
[18] και ειπεν λεια εδωκεν ο θεος τον μισθον μου ανθ ου εδωκα την παιδισκην μου τω ανδρι μου και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου ισσαχαρ ο εστιν μισθος
[19] και συνελαβεν ετι λεια και ετεκεν υιον εκτον τω ιακωβ
[20] και ειπεν λεια δεδωρηται μοι ο θεος δωρον καλον εν τω νυν καιρω αιρετιει με ο ανηρ μου ετεκον γαρ αυτω υιους εξ και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου ζαβουλων
[21] και μετα τουτο ετεκεν θυγατερα και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτης δινα
[22] εμνησθη δε ο θεος της ραχηλ και επηκουσεν αυτης ο θεος και ανεωξεν αυτης την μητραν
[23] και συλλαβουσα ετεκεν τω ιακωβ υιον ειπεν δε ραχηλ αφειλεν ο θεος μου το ονειδος
[24] και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου ιωσηφ λεγουσα προσθετω ο θεος μοι υιον ετερον
[25] εγενετο δε ως ετεκεν ραχηλ τον ιωσηφ ειπεν ιακωβ τω λαβαν αποστειλον με ινα απελθω εις τον τοπον μου και εις την γην μου
[26] αποδος τας γυναικας μου και τα παιδια περι ων δεδουλευκα σοι ινα απελθω συ γαρ γινωσκεις την δουλειαν ην δεδουλευκα σοι
[27] ειπεν δε αυτω λαβαν ει ευρον χαριν εναντιον σου οιωνισαμην αν ευλογησεν γαρ με ο θεος τη ση εισοδω
[28] διαστειλον τον μισθον σου προς με και δωσω
[29] ειπεν δε αυτω ιακωβ συ γινωσκεις α δεδουλευκα σοι και οσα ην κτηνη σου μετ εμου
[30] μικρα γαρ ην οσα σοι ην εναντιον εμου και ηυξηθη εις πληθος και ηυλογησεν σε κυριος επι τω ποδι μου νυν ουν ποτε ποιησω καγω εμαυτω οικον
[31] και ειπεν αυτω λαβαν τι σοι δωσω ειπεν δε αυτω ιακωβ ου δωσεις μοι ουθεν εαν ποιησης μοι το ρημα τουτο παλιν ποιμανω τα προβατα σου και φυλαξω
[32] παρελθατω παντα τα προβατα σου σημερον και διαχωρισον εκειθεν παν προβατον φαιον εν τοις αρνασιν και παν διαλευκον και ραντον εν ταις αιξιν εσται μοι μισθος
[33] και επακουσεται μοι η δικαιοσυνη μου εν τη ημερα τη αυριον οτι εστιν ο μισθος μου ενωπιον σου παν ο εαν μη η ραντον και διαλευκον εν ταις αιξιν και φαιον εν τοις αρνασιν κεκλεμμενον εσται παρ εμοι
[34] ειπεν δε αυτω λαβαν εστω κατα το ρημα σου
[35] και διεστειλεν εν τη ημερα εκεινη τους τραγους τους ραντους και τους διαλευκους και πασας τας αιγας τας ραντας και τας διαλευκους και παν ο ην λευκον εν αυτοις και παν ο ην φαιον εν τοις αρνασιν και εδωκεν δια χειρος των υιων αυτου
[36] και απεστησεν οδον τριων ημερων ανα μεσον αυτων και ανα μεσον ιακωβ ιακωβ δε εποιμαινεν τα προβατα λαβαν τα υπολειφθεντα
[37] ελαβεν δε εαυτω ιακωβ ραβδον στυρακινην χλωραν και καρυινην και πλατανου και ελεπισεν αυτας ιακωβ λεπισματα λευκα περισυρων το χλωρον εφαινετο δε επι ταις ραβδοις το λευκον ο ελεπισεν ποικιλον
[38] και παρεθηκεν τας ραβδους ας ελεπισεν εν ταις ληνοις των ποτιστηριων του υδατος ινα ως αν ελθωσιν τα προβατα πιειν ενωπιον των ραβδων ελθοντων αυτων εις το πιειν
[39] εγκισσησωσιν τα προβατα εις τας ραβδους και ετικτον τα προβατα διαλευκα και ποικιλα και σποδοειδη ραντα
[40] τους δε αμνους διεστειλεν ιακωβ και εστησεν εναντιον των προβατων κριον διαλευκον και παν ποικιλον εν τοις αμνοις και διεχωρισεν εαυτω ποιμνια καθ εαυτον και ουκ εμιξεν αυτα εις τα προβατα λαβαν
[41] εγενετο δε εν τω καιρω ω ενεκισσησεν τα προβατα εν γαστρι λαμβανοντα εθηκεν ιακωβ τας ραβδους εναντιον των προβατων εν ταις ληνοις του εγκισσησαι αυτα κατα τας ραβδους
[42] ηνικα δ αν ετεκον τα προβατα ουκ ετιθει εγενετο δε τα ασημα του λαβαν τα δε επισημα του ιακωβ
[43] και επλουτησεν ο ανθρωπος σφοδρα σφοδρα και εγενετο αυτω κτηνη πολλα και βοες και παιδες και παιδισκαι και καμηλοι και ονοι

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