Genesis 30
1 When Rachel realized she was unable to give Jacob any children she was jealous of her sister. She complained to Jacob, “I'll die if you don't give me children!”
Vendo pois Rachel que não paria filhos a Jacob, teve Rachel inveja de sua irmã, e disse a Jacob: Dá-me filhos, ou se não morro.
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and told her, “Am I God? Do you think I'm the one stopping you having children?”
Então se acendeu a ira de Jacob contra Rachel, e disse: Estou eu no lugar de Deus, que te impediu o fruto de teu ventre?
3 “Here's my personal maid Bilhah,” Rachel replied. “Sleep with her and she can have children for me so I'll have a family too.”
E ela disse: Eis aqui minha serva Bilha; entra a ela, para que pára sobre os meus joelhos, e eu também seja edificada dela.
4 She gave her personal maid Bilhah to him as a wife and Jacob slept with her.
Assim lhe deu a Bilha sua serva por mulher: e Jacob entrou a ela.
5 Bilhah became pregnant and had a son for Jacob.
E concebeu Bilha, e pariu a Jacob um filho.
6 Rachel said, “God has judged in my favor! He listened to me and gave me a son.” So she named him Dan.
Então disse Rachel: Julgou-me Deus, e também ouviu a minha voz, e me deu um filho; por isso chamou o seu nome Dan.
7 Rachel's personal maid Bilhah became pregnant again and had second son for Jacob.
E Bilha, serva de Rachel, concebeu outra vez, e pariu a Jacob o segundo filho.
8 Rachel said, “I've had a hard struggle with my sister, but I've won.” So she named him Naphtali.
Então disse Rachel: Com lutas de Deus tenho lutado com minha irmã, também venci; e chamou o seu nome Naphtali.
9 Leah realized she wasn't having any more children, so she gave her personal maid Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
Vendo pois Leah que cessava de parir, tomou também a Zilpah sua serva, e deu-a a Jacob por mulher.
10 Zilpah had a son for Jacob.
E pariu Zilpah, serva de Leah, um filho a Jacob.
11 Leah said, “I'm really fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
Então disse Leah: Vem uma turba: e chamou o seu nome Gad.
12 Leah's personal maid Zilpah became pregnant again and had a second son for Jacob.
Depois pariu Zilpah, serva de Leah, um segundo filho a Jacob.
13 Leah said, “I'm so happy, and the other women will say I'm happy too!” So she named him Asher.
Então disse Leah: Para minha ventura; porque as filhas me terão por benaventurada: e chamou o seu nome Asher.
14 At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben found some mandrake plants when he was out in the fields. He took them back to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah, “Please give me some of the mandrakes your son found.”
E foi Ruben nos dias da sega do trigo, e achou mandrágoras no campo. E trouxe-as a Leah, sua mãe. Então disse Rachel a Leah: Ora dá-me das mandrágoras do teu filho.
15 “Aren't you satisfied with stealing my husband?” Leah replied. “Are you going to take my son's mandrakes too?” “Fine, he can sleep with you tonight if you give me some mandrakes in return,” Rachel responded.
E ela lhe disse: É já pouco que hajas tomado o meu marido, tomarás também as mandrágoras do meu filho? Então disse Rachel: Por isso se deitará contigo esta noite pelas mandrágoras de teu filho.
16 When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You have to sleep with me because I've paid for you with my son's mandrakes,” she told him. So he slept with her that night.
Vindo pois Jacob à tarde do campo, saiu-lhe Leah ao encontro, e disse: A mim entrarás, porque certamente te aluguei com as mandrágoras do meu filho. E deitou-se com ela aquela noite.
17 God heard Leah's request, and she became pregnant and had a fifth son for Jacob.
E ouviu Deus a Leah, e concebeu, e pariu um quinto filho.
18 Leah said, “The Lord has rewarded me for giving my personal maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
Então disse Leah: Deus me tem dado o meu galardão, pois tenho dado minha serva ao meu marido: e chamou o seu nome Issacar.
19 Then Leah became pregnant again and had a sixth son for Jacob.
E Leah concebeu outra vez, e pariu a Jacob um sexto filho.
20 Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I've given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
E disse Leah: Deus me deu a mim uma boa dádiva; desta vez morará o meu marido comigo, porque lhe tenho parido seis filhos: e chamou o seu nome Zebulon.
21 Later she had a daughter she named Dinah.
E depois pariu uma filha, e chamou o seu nome Dinah.
22 Then God paid attention to Rachel and listened to her appeals, and helped her to have children.
E lembrou-se Deus de Rachel, e Deus a ouviu, e abriu a sua madre,
23 She became pregnant and had a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.
E ela concebeu, e pariu um filho, e disse: Tirou-me Deus a minha vergonha.
24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me an additional son.”
E chamou o seu nome José, dizendo: O Senhor me acrescente outro filho.
25 Once Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me leave so I can return to my home and my own country.
E aconteceu que, como Rachel pariu a José, disse Jacob a Labão: Deixa-me ir, que me vá ao meu lugar, e à minha terra.
26 Give me my wives and children because I worked for you to have them. Let me go now because you know very well how much work I've done for you.”
Dá-me as minhas mulheres, e os meus filhos, pelas quais te tenho servido, e ir-me-ei; pois tu sabes o meu serviço, que te tenho feito.
27 “Please be so kind as to stay,” Laban replied, “because I have discovered that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
Então lhe disse Labão: Se agora tenho achado graça em teus olhos, fica comigo. Tenho experimentado que o Senhor me abençoou por amor de ti.
28 Then Laban continued, “Tell me how much to pay you and I'll give it to you.”
E disse mais: Determina-me o teu salário, que to darei.
29 “You certainly know how much work I've done for you, and how well your flocks have done under my care.
Então lhe disse: Tu sabes como te tenho servido, e como passou o teu gado comigo.
30 You hardly had anything before I arrived, but now you have so much! The Lord has blessed you through what I've done. When am I going to be able to provide for my own family?”
Porque o pouco que tinhas antes de mim, é aumentado até uma multidão: e o Senhor te tem abençoado por meu trabalho. Agora pois, quando hei de trabalhar também por minha casa?
31 “Well, what do you propose I give you?” Laban asked again. “You don't have to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you want to do something for me, then how about this: I'll go on looking after your flocks, making sure they're fed.
E disse ele: Que te darei? Então disse Jacob: Nada me darás; se me fizeres isto, tornarei a apascentar e a guardar o teu rebanho.
32 Let me go through your flocks today and take all the sheep that are speckled or spotted, and all the dark ones, as well as all the speckled and spotted goats. They'll be my wages.
Passarei hoje por todo o teu rebanho, separando dele todos os salpicados e malhados, e todos os morenos entre os cordeiros, e os malhados e salpicados entre as cabras: e isto será o meu salário.
33 In the future you'll be able to prove that I've been honest. When you check my flock, any goats that don't have speckles or spots, or any sheep that aren't dark will be considered stolen from you.”
Assim testificará por mim a minha justiça no dia de amanhã, quando vieres e o meu salário estiver diante de tua face: tudo o que não for salpicado e malhado entre as cabras e moreno entre os cordeiros, ser-me-á por furto.
34 “Very good,” Laban agreed. “We'll do as you say.”
Então disse Labão: Eis que oxalá seja conforme à tua palavra.
35 However, the same day Laban went and removed all the striped and spotted male goats, all the speckled and spotted female goats, and all the dark sheep. He had his sons look after them and sent them away—
E separou naquele mesmo dia os bodes listrados e malhados e todas as cabras salpicadas e malhadas, tudo em que havia brancura, e todo o moreno entre os cordeiros; e deu-os nas mãos dos seus filhos.
36 a three day journey between them and Jacob, while Jacob was looking after the rest of Laban's flocks.
E pôs três dias de caminho entre si e Jacob: e Jacob apascentava o resto dos rebanhos de Labão.
37 Then Jacob cut some sticks from poplar, almond, and plane trees that had white wood under the bark. He peeled off some of the bark, making the sticks look streaked with white.
Então tomou Jacob varas verdes de álamo, e de aveleira e de castanheiro, e descascou nelas riscas brancas, descobrindo a brancura que nas varas havia,
38 He put the sticks he'd peeled in the water troughs where the flocks came to drink because that's where they mated.
E pôs estas varas, que tinha descascado, em frente do rebanho, nos canos e nas pias d'água, aonde o rebanho vinha a beber, e conceberam vindo a beber.
39 The flocks mated in front of the sticks and gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
E concebia o rebanho diante das varas, e as ovelhas pariam listrados, salpicados e malhados.
40 Jacob separated all these ones out. Then he made his flock face towards those in Laban's flock that were streaked and dark. This is the way he kept his flocks apart from Laban's flock.
Então separou Jacob os cordeiros, e pôs as faces do rebanho para os listrados, e todo o moreno entre o rebanho de Labão; e pôs o seu rebanho à parte, e não o pôs com o rebanho de Labão.
41 When the strong females were ready to breed, Jacob put the sticks in the troughs where the flocks could see them when they mated.
E sucedia que cada vez que concebiam as ovelhas fortes, punha Jacob as varas diante dos olhos do rebanho nos canos, para que concebessem diante das varas.
42 He didn't do this for the weaker females. The weaker ones went to Laban, and the strong ones went to Jacob.
Mas quando enfraqueceu o rebanho, não as pos. Assim as fracas eram de Labão, e as fortes de Jacob.
43 In this way Jacob became an extremely rich man with large flocks, and many male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.
E cresceu o varão em grande maneira, e teve muitos rebanhos, e servas, e servos, e camelos e jumentos.
