Genesis 30
1 Cernens autem Rachel quod infecunda esset, invidit sorori suæ, et ait marito suo: Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar.
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 Cui iratus respondit Iacob: Num pro Deo ego sum, qui privavit te fructu ventris tui?
And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?
3 At illa: Habeo, inquit, famulam Balam: ingredere ad illam, ut pariat super genua mea, et habeam ex illa filios.
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 Deditque illi Balam in coniugium:
And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
5 quæ, ingresso ad se viro, concepit, et peperit filium.
And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 Dixitque Rachel: Iudicavit mihi Dominus, et exaudivit vocem meam, dans mihi filium. Et idcirco appellavit nomen eius, Dan.
And Rachel said, God has given judgement for me, and listened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.
7 Rursumque Bala concipiens, peperit alterum,
And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
8 pro quo ait Rachel: Comparavit me Deus cum sorore mea, et invalui: vocavitque eum, Nephthali.
And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.
9 Sentiens Lia quod parere desiisset, Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit.
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 Qua post conceptum edente filium,
And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
11 dixit: Feliciter. Et idcirco vocavit nomen eius, Gad.
And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
12 Peperit quoque Zelpha alterum.
And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
13 Dixitque Lia: Hoc pro beatitudine mea: Beatam quippe me dicent mulieres. Propterea appellavit eum, Aser.
And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
14 Egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeæ in agrum, reperit mandragoras: quas matri Liæ detulit. Dixitque Rachel: Da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui.
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 your son's mandrakes.
15 Illa respondit: Parumne tibi videtur quod præripueris maritum mihi, nisi etiam mandragoras filii mei tuleris? Ait Rachel: Dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui.
And Lea said, [Is it] not enough for you that you have taken my husband, will you also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
16 Redeuntique ad vesperam Iacob de agro, egressa est in occursum eius Lia, et ad me, inquit, intrabis: quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei. Dormivitque cum ea nocte illa.
And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
17 Et exaudivit Deus preces eius: concepitque et peperit filium quintum,
And God listened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 et ait: Dedit Deus mercedem mihi, quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo. Appellavitque nomen eius, Issachar.
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 Rursum Lia concipiens, peperit sextum filium,
And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20 et ait: Dotavit me Deus dote bona: etiam hac vice mecum erit maritus meus, eo quod genuerim ei sex filios: et idcirco appellavit nomen eius, 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 Post quem peperit filiam, nomine Dinam.
And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
22 Recordatus quoque Dominus Rachelis, exaudivit eam, et aperuit vulvam eius.
And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and he opened her womb.
23 Quæ concepit, et peperit filium, dicens: Abstulit Deus opprobrium meum.
And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
24 Et vocavit nomen eius, Ioseph, dicens: Addat mihi Dominus filium alterum.
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
25 Nato autem Ioseph, dixit Iacob socero suo: Dimitte me ut revertar in patriam, et ad terram meam.
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 Da mihi uxores, et liberos meos, pro quibus servivi tibi, ut abeam: tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi.
Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart, for you know the service wherewith I have served you.
27 Ait illi Laban: Inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo: experimento didici, quia benedixerit mihi Deus propter te:
And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in your sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at your coming in.
28 constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi.
Appoint me your wages, and I will give [them].
29 At ille respondit: Tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi, et quanta in manibus meis fuerit possessio tua.
And Jacob said, You know in what things I have served you, and how many cattle of your are with me.
30 Modicum habuisti antequam venirem ad te, et nunc dives effectus es: benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum. Iustum est igitur ut aliquando provideam etiam domui meæ.
For it was little you had before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed you since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
31 Dixitque Laban: Quid tibi dabo? At ille ait: Nihil volo: sed si feceris quod postulo, iterum pascam, et custodiam pecora tua.
And Laban said to him, What shall I give you? and Jacob said to him, You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again tend your flocks and keep them.
32 Gyra omnes greges tuos, et separa cunctas oves varias, et sparso vellere; quodcumque furvum, et maculosum, variumque fuerit, tam in ovibus quam in capris, erit merces mea.
Let all your sheep pass by today, and separate thence every grey sheep amongst the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted amongst the goats—[this] shall be my reward.
33 Respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea, quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te: et omnia quæ non fuerint varia, et maculosa, et furva, tam in ovibus quam in capris, furti me arguent.
And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before you: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled amongst the goats, and grey amongst the rams, shall be stolen with me.
34 Dixitque Laban: Gratum habeo quod petis.
And Laban said to him, Let it be according to your word.
35 Et separavit in die illa capras, et oves, et hircos, et arietes varios, atque maculosos: cunctum autem gregem unicolorem, id est albi, et nigri velleris, tradidit in manu filiorum suorum.
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 amongst the rams, and every one that was white amongst them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 Et posuit spatium itineris trium dierum inter se et generum, qui pascebat reliquos greges eius.
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 Tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides, et amygdalinas, et ex platanis, ex parte decorticavit eas: detractisque corticibus, in his, quæ spoliata fuerant, candor apparuit: illa vero quæ integra fuerant, viridia permanserunt: atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius.
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 Posuitque eas in canalibus, ubi effundebatur aqua: ut cum venissent greges ad bibendum, ante oculos haberent virgas, et in aspectu earum conciperent.
And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whenever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.
39 Factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus, oves intuerentur virgas, et parerent maculosa, et varia, et diverso colore respersa.
So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured [spots].
40 Divisitque gregem Iacob, et posuit virgas in canalibus ante oculos arietum: erant autem alba et nigra quæque, Laban: cetera vero, Iacob, separatis inter se gregibus.
And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one amongst the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
41 Igitur quando primo tempore ascendebantur oves, ponebat Iacob virgas in canalibus aquarum ante oculos arietum et ovium, ut in earum contemplatione conciperent:
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 quando vero serotina admissura erat, et conceptus extremus, non ponebat eas. Factaque sunt ea quæ erant serotina, Laban: et quæ primi temporis, Iacob.
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 Ditatusque est homo ultra modum, et habuit greges multos, ancillas et servos, camelos et asinos.
And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
