1 And when Rachel * h7354 saw * h7200 h8799 that she bare * h3205 h8804 Jacob * h3290 no children, Rachel * h7354 envied * h7065 h8762 her sister * h269; and said * h559 h8799 unto Jacob * h3290, Give * h3051 h8798 me children * h1121, or else * h369 I die * h4191 h8801.
2 And Jacob's * h3290 anger * h639 was kindled * h2734 h8799 against Rachel * h7354: and he said * h559 h8799, Am I in God's * h430 stead, who hath withheld * h4513 h8804 from thee the fruit * h6529 of the womb * h990?
3 And she said * h559 h8799, Behold my maid * h519 Bilhah * h1090, go in * h935 h8798 unto her; and she shall bear * h3205 h8799 upon my knees * h1290, that I may also have children * h1129 h8735 by her. have...: Heb. be built by her
4 And she gave * h5414 h8799 him Bilhah * h1090 her handmaid * h8198 to wife * h802: and Jacob * h3290 went in * h935 h8799 unto her.
5 And Bilhah * h1090 conceived * h2029 h8799, and bare * h3205 h8799 Jacob * h3290 a son * h1121.
6 And Rachel * h7354 said * h559 h8799, God * h430 hath judged * h1777 h8804 me, and hath also heard * h8085 h8804 my voice * h6963, and hath given * h5414 h8799 me a son * h1121: therefore called * h7121 h8804 she his name * h8034 Dan * h1835. Dan: that is, Judging
7 And Bilhah * h1090 Rachel's * h7354 maid * h8198 conceived * h2029 h8799 again, and bare * h3205 h8799 Jacob * h3290 a second * h8145 son * h1121.
8 And Rachel * h7354 said * h559 h8799, With great * h430 wrestlings * h5319 have I wrestled * h6617 h8738 with my sister * h269, and I have prevailed * h3201 h8804: and she called * h7121 h8799 his name * h8034 Naphtali * h5321. great...: Heb. wrestlings of God Naphtali: that is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim
9 When Leah * h3812 saw * h7200 h8799 that she had left * h5975 h8804 bearing * h3205 h8800, she took * h3947 h8799 Zilpah * h2153 her maid * h8198, and gave * h5414 h8799 her Jacob * h3290 to wife * h802.
10 And Zilpah * h2153 Leah's * h3812 maid * h8198 bare * h3205 h8799 Jacob * h3290 a son * h1121.
11 And Leah * h3812 said * h559 h8799, A troop * h1409 cometh * h935 h8804: and she called * h7121 h8799 his name * h8034 Gad * h1410. Gad: that is, A troop, or, company
12 And Zilpah * h2153 Leah's * h3812 maid * h8198 bare * h3205 h8799 Jacob * h3290 a second * h8145 son * h1121.
13 And Leah * h3812 said * h559 h8799, Happy am I * h837, for the daughters * h1323 will call me blessed * h833 h8765: and she called * h7121 h8799 his name * h8034 Asher * h836. Happy...: Heb. In my happiness Asher: that is, Happy
14 And Reuben * h7205 went in * h3212 h8799 the days * h3117 of wheat * h2406 harvest * h7105, and found * h4672 h8799 mandrakes * h1736 in the field * h7704, and brought * h935 h8686 them unto his mother * h517 Leah * h3812. Then Rachel * h7354 said * h559 h8799 to Leah * h3812, Give me * h5414 h8798, I pray thee, of thy son's * h1121 mandrakes * h1736.
15 And she said * h559 h8799 unto her, Is it a small matter * h4592 that thou hast taken * h3947 h8800 my husband * h376? and wouldest thou take away * h3947 h8800 my son's * h1121 mandrakes * h1736 also? And Rachel * h7354 said * h559 h8799, Therefore he shall lie * h7901 h8799 with thee to night * h3915 for * h8478 thy son's * h1121 mandrakes * h1736.
16 And Jacob * h3290 came * h935 h8799 out of the field * h7704 in the evening * h6153, and Leah * h3812 went out * h3318 h8799 to meet * h7125 h8800 him, and said * h559 h8799, Thou must come in * h935 h8799 unto me; for surely * h7936 h8800 I have hired * h7936 h8804 thee with my son's * h1121 mandrakes * h1736. And he lay * h7901 h8799 with her that night * h3915.
17 And God * h430 hearkened * h8085 h8799 unto Leah * h3812, and she conceived * h2029 h8799, and bare * h3205 h8799 Jacob * h3290 the fifth * h2549 son * h1121.
18 And Leah * h3812 said * h559 h8799, God * h430 hath given * h5414 h8804 me my hire * h7939, because * h834 I have given * h5414 h8804 my maiden * h8198 to my husband * h376: and she called * h7121 h8799 his name * h8034 Issachar * h3485. Issachar: that is, An hire
19 And Leah * h3812 conceived * h2029 h8799 again, and bare * h3205 h8799 Jacob * h3290 the sixth * h8345 son * h1121.
20 And Leah * h3812 said * h559 h8799, God * h430 hath endued * h2064 h8804 me with a good * h2896 dowry * h2065; now * h6471 will my husband * h376 dwell * h2082 h8799 with me, because I have born * h3205 h8804 him six * h8337 sons * h1121: and she called * h7121 h8799 his name * h8034 Zebulun * h2074. Zebulun: that is, Dwelling: Gr. Zabulon
21 And afterwards * h310 she bare * h3205 h8804 a daughter * h1323, and called * h7121 h8799 her name * h8034 Dinah * h1783. Dinah: that is Judgment
22 And God * h430 remembered * h2142 h8799 Rachel * h7354, and God * h430 hearkened * h8085 h8799 to her, and opened * h6605 h8799 her womb * h7358.
23 And she conceived * h2029 h8799, and bare * h3205 h8799 a son * h1121; and said * h559 h8799, God * h430 hath taken away * h622 h8804 my reproach * h2781:
24 And she called * h7121 h8799 his name * h8034 Joseph * h3130; and said * h559 h8800, The LORD * h3068 shall add * h3254 h8686 to me another * h312 son * h1121. Joseph: that is, Adding
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel * h7354 had born * h3205 h8804 Joseph * h3130, that Jacob * h3290 said * h559 h8799 unto Laban * h3837, Send me away * h7971 h8761, that I may go * h3212 h8799 unto mine own place * h4725, and to my country * h776.
26 Give * h5414 h8798 me my wives * h802 and my children * h3206, for * h2004 whom I have served * h5647 h8804 thee, and let me go * h3212 h8799: for thou knowest * h3045 h8804 my service * h5656 which I have done * h5647 h8804 thee.
27 And Laban * h3837 said * h559 h8799 unto him, I pray thee, if I have found * h4672 h8804 favour * h2580 in thine eyes * h5869, tarry: for I have learned by experience * h5172 h8765 that the LORD * h3068 hath blessed * h1288 h8762 me for thy sake * h1558.
28 And he said * h559 h8799, Appoint * h5344 h8798 me thy wages * h7939, and I will give * h5414 h8799 it .
29 And he said * h559 h8799 unto him, Thou knowest * h3045 h8804 how * h834 I have served * h5647 h8804 thee, and how * h834 thy cattle * h4735 was with me.
30 For it was little * h4592 which thou hadst before I * h6440 came , and it is now increased * h6555 h8799 unto a multitude * h7230; and the LORD * h3068 hath blessed * h1288 h8762 thee since my coming * h7272: and now when * h4970 shall I provide * h6213 h8799 for mine own house * h1004 also? increased: Heb. broken forth since...: Heb. at my foot
31 And he said * h559 h8799, What shall I give thee * h5414 h8799? And Jacob * h3290 said * h559 h8799, Thou shalt not give * h5414 h8799 me any thing * h3972: if thou wilt do * h6213 h8799 this thing * h1697 for me, I will again * h7725 h8799 feed * h7462 h8799 and keep * h8104 h8799 thy flock * h6629:
32 I will pass * h5674 h8799 through all thy flock * h6629 to day * h3117, removing * h5493 h8687 from thence all the speckled * h5348 and spotted * h2921 h8803 cattle * h7716, and all the brown * h2345 cattle * h7716 among the sheep * h3775, and the spotted * h2921 h8803 and speckled * h5348 among the goats * h5795: and of such shall be my hire * h7939.
33 So shall my righteousness * h6666 answer * h6030 h8804 for me in time * h3117 to come * h4279, when it shall come * h935 h8799 for my hire * h7939 before thy face * h6440: every one * h3605 that is not speckled * h5348 and spotted * h2921 h8803 among the goats * h5795, and brown * h2345 among the sheep * h3775, that shall be counted stolen * h1589 h8803 with me. in time...: Heb. to morrow
34 And Laban * h3837 said * h559 h8799, Behold, I would it might be * h3863 according to thy word * h1697.
35 And he removed * h5493 h8686 that day * h3117 the he goats * h8495 that were ringstraked * h6124 and spotted * h2921 h8803, and all the she goats * h5795 that were speckled * h5348 and spotted * h2921 h8803, and every one that had some white * h3836 in it, and all the brown * h2345 among the sheep * h3775, and gave * h5414 h8799 them into the hand * h3027 of his sons * h1121.
36 And he set * h7760 h8799 three * h7969 days * h3117' journey * h1870 betwixt himself and Jacob * h3290: and Jacob * h3290 fed * h7462 h8802 the rest * h3498 h8737 of Laban's * h3837 flocks * h6629.
37 And Jacob * h3290 took * h3947 h8799 him rods * h4731 of green * h3892 poplar * h3839, and of the hazel * h3869 and chesnut tree * h6196; and pilled * h6478 h8762 white * h3836 strakes * h6479 in them, and made the white * h3836 appear * h4286 which was in the rods * h4731.
38 And he set * h3322 h8686 the rods * h4731 which he had pilled * h6478 h8765 before * h5227 the flocks * h6629 in the gutters * h7298 in the watering * h4325 troughs * h8268 when the flocks * h6629 came * h935 h8799 to drink * h8354 h8800, that they should conceive * h3179 h8799 when they came * h935 h8800 to drink * h8354 h8800.
39 And the flocks * h6629 conceived * h3179 h8799 before the rods * h4731, and brought forth * h3205 h8799 cattle * h6629 ringstraked * h6124, speckled * h5348, and spotted * h2921 h8803.
40 And Jacob * h3290 did separate * h6504 h8689 the lambs * h3775, and set * h5414 h8799 the faces * h6440 of the flocks * h6629 toward * h413 the ringstraked * h6124, and all the brown * h2345 in the flock * h6629 of Laban * h3837; and he put * h7896 h8799 his own flocks * h5739 by themselves, and put * h7896 h8804 them not unto Laban's * h3837 cattle * h6629.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger * h7194 h8794 cattle * h6629 did conceive * h3179 h8763, that Jacob * h3290 laid * h7760 h8804 the rods * h4731 before the eyes * h5869 of the cattle * h6629 in the gutters * h7298, that they might conceive * h3179 h8763 among the rods * h4731.
42 But when the cattle * h6629 were feeble * h5848 h8687, he put them not in * h7760 h8799: so the feebler * h5848 h8803 were Laban's * h3837, and the stronger * h7194 h8803 Jacob's * h3290.
43 And the man * h376 increased * h6555 h8799 exceedingly * h3966 * h3966, and had much * h7227 cattle * h6629, and maidservants * h8198, and menservants * h5650, and camels * h1581, and asses * h2543.