Genesis 30
1 cernens autem Rahel quod infecunda esset invidit sorori et ait marito suo da mihi liberos alioquin moriar
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 cui iratus respondit Iacob num pro Deo ego sum qui privavit te fructu ventris tui
And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
3 at illa habeo inquit famulam Balam ingredere ad eam ut pariat super genua mea et habeam ex ea filios
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear on my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4 deditque illi Balam in coniugium quae
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in to her.
5 ingresso ad se viro concepit et peperit filium
And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 dixitque Rahel iudicavit mihi Dominus et exaudivit vocem meam dans mihi filium et idcirco appellavit nomen illius Dan
And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 rursumque Bala concipiens peperit alterum
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
8 pro quo ait Rahel conparavit me Deus cum sorore mea et invalui vocavitque eum Nepthalim
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 sentiens Lia quod parere desisset Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 qua post conceptum edente filium
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son.
11 dixit feliciter et idcirco vocavit nomen eius Gad
And Leah said, A troop comes: and she called his name Gad.
12 peperit quoque Zelpha alterum
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a second son.
13 dixitque Lia hoc pro beatitudine mea beatam quippe me dicent mulieres propterea appellavit eum Aser
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14 egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeae in agro repperit mandragoras quos matri Liae detulit dixitque Rahel da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui
And 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, Give me, I pray you, of your son’s mandrakes.
15 illa respondit parumne tibi videtur quod praeripueris maritum mihi nisi etiam mandragoras filii mei tuleris ait Rahel dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui
And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you to night for your son’s mandrakes.
16 redeuntique ad vesperam de agro Iacob egressa est in occursum Lia et ad me inquit intrabis quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei dormivit cum ea nocte illa
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me; for surely I have hired you with 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 Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
18 et ait dedit Deus mercedem mihi quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo appellavitque nomen illius Isachar
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19 rursum Lia concipiens peperit sextum filium
And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
20 et ait ditavit me Deus dote bona etiam hac vice mecum erit maritus meus eo quod genuerim ei sex filios et idcirco appellavit nomen eius Zabulon
And Leah said, God has 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 post quem peperit filiam nomine Dinam
And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 recordatus quoque Dominus Rahelis exaudivit eam et aperuit vulvam illius
And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
23 quae concepit et peperit filium dicens abstulit Deus obprobrium meum
And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach:
24 et vocavit nomen illius Ioseph dicens addat mihi Dominus filium alterum
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall 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, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
26 da mihi uxores et liberos meos pro quibus servivi tibi ut abeam tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service which I have done you.
27 ait ei Laban inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo experimento didici quod benedixerit mihi Deus propter te
And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.
28 constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi
And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.
29 at ille respondit tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi et quanta in manibus meis fuerit possessio tua
And he said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle was with me.
30 modicum habuisti antequam venirem et nunc dives effectus es benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum iustum est igitur ut aliquando provideam etiam domui meae
For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the LORD has blessed you since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?
31 dixitque Laban quid dabo tibi at ille ait nihil volo sed si feceris quod postulo iterum pascam et custodiam pecora tua
And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me any thing: if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock.
32 gyra omnes greges tuos et separa cunctas oves varias et sparso vellere et quodcumque furvum et maculosum variumque fuerit tam in ovibus quam in capris erit merces mea
I will pass through all your flock to day, removing from there 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 respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te et omnia quae non fuerint varia et maculosa et furva tam in ovibus quam in capris furti me arguent
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before your 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 dixit Laban gratum habeo quod petis
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to your word.
35 et separavit in die illo capras et oves hircos et arietes varios atque maculosos cunctum autem gregem unicolorem id est albi et nigri velleris tradidit in manu filiorum suorum
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 et posuit spatium itineris inter se et generum dierum trium qui pascebat reliquos greges eius
And he set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides et amigdalinas et ex platanis ex parte decorticavit eas detractisque corticibus in his quae spoliata fuerant candor apparuit illa vero quae integra erant viridia permanserunt atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in 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 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 factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus oves intuerentur virgas et parerent maculosa et varia et diverso colore respersa
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 divisitque gregem Iacob et posuit virgas ante oculos arietum erant autem alba quaeque et nigra Laban cetera vero Iacob separatis inter se gregibus
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 to Laban’s cattle.
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, whenever 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 quando vero serotina admissura erat et conceptus extremus non ponebat eas factaque sunt ea quae erant serotina Laban et quae primi temporis Iacob
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43 ditatusque est homo ultra modum et habuit greges multos ancillas et servos camelos et asinos
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
