1 When|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121", she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" jealous|strong="H7065" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7200" sister and|strong="H1121" said to|strong="H4191" Jacob|strong="H3290", ‘Give|strong="H3051" me|strong="H7200" children|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191".’
2 But|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290"’s anger was|strong="H3290" aroused against|strong="H2734" Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H3290" he|strong="H4480" said, ‘Am I|strong="H8478" in|strong="H8478" God’s place|strong="H8478"? Who has|strong="H3290" withheld|strong="H4513" offspring|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480"?’
3 She|strong="H5921" said, ‘Here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1571" my|strong="H5921" slave-girl Bilhah|strong="H1090", go|strong="H2009" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1571" bear|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3205" can be|strong="H1571" laid|strong="H3205" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" knees|strong="H1290" and|strong="H1129" I|strong="H2009" also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1571" obtain|strong="H1129" children|strong="H3205" though|strong="H1571" her|strong="H5921".’
4 So|strong="H5414" she gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Bilhah|strong="H1090" her|strong="H5414" slave-girl for|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3068" wife, and|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" slept with|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414".
5 When|strong="H1121" Bilhah|strong="H1090" conceived|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121",
6 Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H7121", ‘God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H1571" judged|strong="H1777" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" heard|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".’ So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" Dan|strong="H1835".
7 Bilhah|strong="H1090", Rachel|strong="H7354"’s slave-girl conceived|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3068" second|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121".
8 Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H7121", ‘I|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" fought a|strong="H3068" hard fight with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H7121" sister, and|strong="H8034" have|strong="H1571" prevailed|strong="H3201"’; so|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" Naphtali|strong="H5321".
9 When|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3205" stopped|strong="H5975" having|strong="H3205" children|strong="H3205", she|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" Zilpah|strong="H2153" her|strong="H5414" slave-girl, and|strong="H7200" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Jacob|strong="H3290" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3068" wife.
10 Zilpah|strong="H2153", Leah|strong="H3812"’s slave-girl bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".
11 Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", ‘Fortunate|strong="H1409"!’ and|strong="H8034" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" Gad|strong="H1410".
12 Zilpah|strong="H2153" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3068" second|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121",
13 and|strong="H1323" Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", ‘Happy am I|strong="H3588"! Now|strong="H3588" women|strong="H1323" will|strong="H1323" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" happy’, and|strong="H1323" she|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" Asher.
14 One|strong="H1121" time|strong="H3117", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105", Reuben|strong="H7205" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" mandrakes|strong="H1736" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5414" mother Leah|strong="H3812". Rachel|strong="H7354" asked Leah|strong="H3812", ‘Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121"’s mandrakes|strong="H1736".’
15 But|strong="H1571" Leah said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3947", ‘Is|strong="H1571" it|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3068" small|strong="H4592" matter|strong="H4592" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" husband, that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" would also|strong="H1571" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121"’s mandrakes|strong="H1736"?’ Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H3651", ‘In|strong="H1121" exchange|strong="H8478" for|strong="H8478" your|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121"’s mandrakes|strong="H1736", Jacob can|strong="H3947" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3947" tonight|strong="H3915".’
16 So|strong="H4480" when|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153", Leah|strong="H3812" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H3318", ‘You|strong="H3588" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4480" tonight|strong="H3915", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" hired|strong="H7936" you|strong="H3588" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3318" son|strong="H1121"’s mandrakes|strong="H1736".’ So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915".
17 God heard|strong="H8085" Leah|strong="H3812"’s prayer, and|strong="H1121" she conceived|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3068" fifth|strong="H2549" son|strong="H1121".
18 Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", ‘God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H8198" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" reward|strong="H7939", because I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" slave-girl to|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" husband’; so|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" Issachar|strong="H3485".
19 Leah|strong="H3812" conceived|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3068" sixth|strong="H8345" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290".
20 She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", ‘God has|strong="H3588" endowed|strong="H2064" me|strong="H7121" with|strong="H2896" a|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" dowry|strong="H2065"; now|strong="H6471" my|strong="H3588" husband will|strong="H1121" honour me|strong="H7121", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" borne|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121"’; and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Zebulun|strong="H2074".
21 And|strong="H1323" afterwards she|strong="H7121" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1323" named|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" Dinah|strong="H1783".
22 Then|strong="H8085" God remembered|strong="H2142" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6605" prayer and|strong="H8085" gave|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6605" a|strong="H3068" child.
23 She conceived|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" said, ‘God has|strong="H3205" taken away my disgrace|strong="H2781".’
24 She|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" Joseph|strong="H3130", saying, ‘the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* will|strong="H3068" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" another|strong="H3254" son|strong="H1121".’
25 When|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", Jacob|strong="H3290" said to|strong="H3212" Laban|strong="H3837", ‘Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3212" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H7971" own|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H7971" country|strong="H4725".
26 Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" wives and|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5414" children|strong="H3206" for|strong="H3588" whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3212"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" service|strong="H5656" which|strong="H2004" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" rendered|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588".’
27 But|strong="H3068" Laban|strong="H3837" said to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4672", ‘If|strong="H1288" now|strong="H4994" I|strong="H4672" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" – I|strong="H4672" have|strong="H3068" divined|strong="H5172" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sake|strong="H1558".
28 State exactly to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" wages|strong="H7939" and|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".’
29 Jacob answered him|strong="H5647", ‘You|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" cattle|strong="H4735" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" under|strong="H5647" my|strong="H3045" care;
30 for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" little|strong="H4592" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H7230" increased|strong="H6555", since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" wherever I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", when|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" provide|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" as|strong="H1961" well|strong="H1571"?’
31 Laban said|strong="H1697", ‘What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"?’
32 If|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" can go|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" remove|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" it|strong="H8033" every|strong="H3605" black|strong="H2345" one|strong="H3605" among|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3775" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" spotted|strong="H2921" and|strong="H3117" speckled|strong="H5348" among|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795"; these|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939".
33 So|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" honesty|strong="H6666" will|strong="H1931" testify|strong="H6030" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440" later|strong="H4279", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H4279" to|strong="H5921" inspect my|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939". Any|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3588" speckled|strong="H5348" and|strong="H6030" spotted|strong="H2921", and|strong="H6030" any|strong="H3605" lamb|strong="H3775" which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3588" black|strong="H2345", can be|strong="H3117" considered stolen|strong="H1589".’
34 Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H1697", ‘Good|strong="H2005", let|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1697".’
35 But|strong="H1931" later that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8495" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" streaked and|strong="H1121" spotted|strong="H2921", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5795" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" speckled|strong="H5348" and|strong="H1121" spotted|strong="H2921" or|strong="H3117" had|strong="H5414" white|strong="H3836" markings, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" black|strong="H2345" lambs|strong="H3775", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H5493" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121".
36 Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H3117" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3117" distance|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117"’ journey|strong="H1870" between himself|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290"; and|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290" fed|strong="H7462" the|strong="H3117" rest|strong="H3498" of|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H3837"’s flocks|strong="H6629".
37 Jacob|strong="H3290", however, took|strong="H3947" fresh|strong="H3892" rods|strong="H4731" of|strong="H5921" white|strong="H3836" poplar|strong="H3839", and|strong="H3290" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" almond|strong="H3869" and|strong="H3290" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plane|strong="H6196" tree|strong="H6196", and|strong="H3290" peeled|strong="H6478" white|strong="H3836" streaks|strong="H6479" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", exposing|strong="H4286" the|strong="H5921" white|strong="H3836" which|strong="H4286" was|strong="H3290" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rods|strong="H4731".
38 He|strong="H4325" set|strong="H3322" the|strong="H8354" rods|strong="H4731" which|strong="H4325" he|strong="H4325" had|strong="H4325" peeled|strong="H6478" before|strong="H5227" the|strong="H8354" flocks|strong="H6629" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H8354" watering-troughs where the|strong="H8354" flocks|strong="H6629" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354" (and|strong="H6629" they conceived|strong="H3179" when they came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354")
39 so that|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3205" flocks|strong="H6629" conceived|strong="H3179" before the|strong="H3205" rods|strong="H4731". Therefore the|strong="H3205" flocks|strong="H6629" brought|strong="H3205" forth|strong="H3205" striped|strong="H6124", speckled|strong="H5348" and|strong="H6629" spotted|strong="H2921" offspring.
40 Jacob|strong="H3290" separated|strong="H6504" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3775", and|strong="H6629" he|strong="H3605" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" striped|strong="H6124" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" black|strong="H2345" animals in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629" of|strong="H6440" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H6629" he|strong="H3605" put|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H6440" droves|strong="H5739" apart|strong="H6504" and|strong="H6629" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" near|strong="H6440" Laban|strong="H3837"’s flock|strong="H6629".
41 Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stronger|strong="H7194" animals|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629" conceived|strong="H3179", Jacob|strong="H3290" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" rods|strong="H4731" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" troughs|strong="H7298" before|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" might conceive|strong="H3179" among the|strong="H3605" rods|strong="H4731".
42 But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" animals|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" in|strong="H6629". In|strong="H6629" this|strong="H7760" way the|strong="H7760" weaker became|strong="H1961" Laban|strong="H3837"’s, and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H7760" stronger|strong="H7194" Jacob|strong="H3290".
43 So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" man increased|strong="H6555" in|strong="H7227" wealth exceedingly|strong="H3966", and|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1961" large|strong="H7227" flocks|strong="H6629", and|strong="H5650" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543".