Genesi 30
1 Rachele, vedendo che non dava figliuoli a Giacobbe, portò invidia alla sua sorella, e disse a Giacobbe: “Dammi de’ figliuoli; altrimenti, muoio”.
And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.
2 E Giacobbe s’accese d’ira contro Rachele, e disse: “Tengo io il luogo di Dio che t’ha negato d’esser feconda?”
And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
3 Ed ella rispose: “Ecco la mia serva Bilha; entra da lei; essa partorirà sulle mie ginocchia, e, per mezzo di lei, avrò anch’io de’ figliuoli”.
And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.
4 Ed ella gli diede la sua serva Bilha per moglie, e Giacobbe entrò da lei.
And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
5 E Bilha concepì e partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.
And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 E Rachele disse: “Iddio m’ha reso giustizia, ha anche ascoltato la mia voce, e m’ha dato un figliuolo”. Perciò gli pose nome Dan.
And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.
7 E Bilha, serva di Rachele, concepì ancora e partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.
And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
8 E Rachele disse: “Io ho sostenuto con mia sorella lotte di Dio, e ho vinto”. Perciò gli pose nome Neftali.
And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.
9 Lea, vedendo che avea cessato d’aver figliuoli, prese la sua serva Zilpa e la diede a Giacobbe per moglie.
And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
10 E Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.
And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
11 E Lea disse: “Che fortuna!” E gli pose nome Gad.
And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
12 Poi Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.
And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
13 E Lea disse: “Me felice! ché le fanciulle mi chiameranno beata. Perciò gli pose nome Ascer.
And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
14 Or Ruben uscì, al tempo della mietitura del grano, e trovò delle mandragole per i campi, e le portò a Lea sua madre. Allora Rachele disse a Lea: “Deh, dammi delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo!”
And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.
15 Ed ella le rispose: “Ti par egli poco l’avermi tolto il marito, che mi vuoi togliere anche le mandragole del mio figliuolo?” E Rachele disse: “Ebbene, si giaccia egli teco questa notte, in compenso delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo”.
And Lea said, [Is it] not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 E come Giacobbe, in sulla sera, se ne tornava dai campi, Lea uscì a incontrarlo, e gli disse: “Devi entrare da me; poiché io t’ho accaparrato con le mandragole del mio figliuolo”. Ed egli si giacque con lei quella notte.
And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
17 E Dio esaudì Lea, la quale concepì e partorì a Giacobbe un quinto figliuolo.
And God hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Ed ella disse: “Iddio m’ha dato la mia mercede, perché diedi la mia serva a mio marito”. E gli pose nome Issacar.
And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.
19 E Lea concepì ancora, e partorì a Giacobbe un sesto figliuolo.
And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20 E Lea disse: “Iddio m’ha dotata di buona dote; questa volta il mio marito abiterò con me, poiché gli ho partorito sei figliuoli”. E gli pose nome Zabulon.
And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zabulon.
21 Poi partorì una figliuola, e le pose nome Dina.
And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
22 Iddio si ricordò anche di Rachele; Iddio l’esaudì, e la rese feconda;
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
23 ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, e disse: “Iddio ha tolto il mio obbrobrio”.
And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
24 E gli pose nome Giuseppe, dicendo: “L’Eterno m’aggiunga un altro figliuolo”.
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
25 Or dopo che Rachele ebbe partorito Giuseppe, Giacobbe disse a Labano: “Dammi licenza, ch’io me ne vada a casa mia, nel mio paese.
And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.
26 Dammi le mie mogli, per le quali t’ho servito, e i miei figliuoli; e lasciami andare; poiché tu ben conosci il servizio che t’ho prestato”.
Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee.
27 E Labano gli disse: “Se ho trovato grazia dinanzi a te, rimanti; giacché credo indovinare che l’Eterno mi ha benedetto per amor tuo”.
And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.
28 Poi disse: “Fissami il tuo salario, e te lo darò”.
Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [them].
29 Giacobbe gli rispose: “Tu sai in qual modo io t’ho servito, e quel che sia diventato il tuo bestiame nelle mie mani.
And Jacob said, Thou knowest in what things I have served thee, and how many cattle of thine are with me.
30 Poiché quel che avevi prima ch’io venissi, era poco; ma ora s’è accresciuto oltremodo, e l’Eterno t’ha benedetto dovunque io ho messo il piede. Ora, quando lavorerò io anche per la casa mia?”
For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
31 Labano gli disse: “Che ti darò io?” E Giacobbe rispose: “Non mi dar nulla; se acconsenti a quel che sto per dirti, io pascerò di nuovo i tuoi greggi e n’avrò cura.
And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and Jacob said to him, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend thy flocks and keep them.
32 Passerò quest’oggi fra mezzo a tutti i tuoi greggi, mettendo da parte, di fra le pecore, ogni agnello macchiato e vaiolato, e ogni agnello nero; e di fra le capre, le vaiolate e le macchiate. E quello sarà il mio salario.
Let all thy sheep pass by to-day, and separate thence every grey sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—[this] shall be my reward.
33 Così, da ora innanzi, il mio diritto risponderà per me nel tuo cospetto, quando verrai ad accertare il mio salario: tutto ciò che non sarà macchiato o vaiolato fra le capre, e nero fra gli agnelli, sarà rubato, se si troverà presso di me”.
And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
34 E Labano disse: “Ebbene, sia come tu dici!”
And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.
35 E quello stesso giorno mise da parte i becchi striati e vaiolati e tutte le capre macchiate e vaiolate, tutto quello che avea del bianco e tutto quel ch’era nero fra gli agnelli, e li affidò ai suoi figliuoli.
And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was grey among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 E Labano frappose la distanza di tre giornate di cammino fra se e Giacobbe; e Giacobbe pascolava il rimanente de’ greggi di Labano.
And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
37 E Giacobbe prese delle verghe verdi di pioppo, di mandorlo e di platano; vi fece delle scortecciature bianche, mettendo allo scoperto il bianco delle verghe.
And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane-tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.
38 Poi collocò le verghe che avea scortecciate, in vista delle pecore, ne’ rigagnoli, negli abbeveratoi dove le pecore venivano a bere; ed entravano in caldo quando venivano a bere.
And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.
39 Le pecore dunque entravano in caldo avendo davanti quelle verghe, e figliavano agnelli striati, macchiati e vaiolati.
So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured [spots].
40 Poi Giacobbe metteva da parte questi agnelli, e faceva volger gli occhi delle pecore verso tutto quello ch’era striato e tutto quel ch’era nero nel gregge di Labano. Egli si formò così dei greggi a parte, che non unì ai greggi di Labano.
And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
41 Or avveniva che, tutte le volte che le pecore vigorose del gregge entravano in caldo, Giacobbe metteva le verghe ne’ rigagnoli, in vista delle pecore, perché le pecore entrassero in caldo vicino alle verghe;
And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.
42 ma quando le pecore erano deboli, non ve le metteva; così gli agnelli deboli erano di Labano, e i vigorosi di Giacobbe.
But he did not put them in [indiscriminately] whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban's, and the marked ones were Jacob's.
43 E quest’uomo diventò ricco oltremodo, ed ebbe greggi numerosi, serve, servi, cammelli e asini.
And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.
