1 W hen Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I will die!

Vendo Raquel que não dava filhos a Jacó, teve inveja de sua irmã, e disse a Jacó: Dá-me filhos, senão eu morro.

2 A nd Jacob became very angry with Rachel and he said, Am I in God’s stead, Who has denied you children?

Então se acendeu a ira de Jacó contra Raquel; e disse: Porventura estou eu no lugar de Deus que te impediu o fruto do ventre?

3 A nd she said, See here, take my maid Bilhah and have intercourse with her; and she shall deliver it upon my knees, that I by her may also have children.

Respondeu ela: Eis aqui minha serva Bila; recebe-a por mulher, para que ela dê ã luz sobre os meus joelhos, e eu deste modo tenha filhos por ela.

4 A nd she gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her.

Assim lhe deu a Bila, sua serva, por mulher; e Jacó a conheceu.

5 A nd Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.

Bila concebeu e deu ã luz um filho a Jacó.

6 A nd Rachel said, God has judged and vindicated me, and has heard my plea and has given me a son; so she named him Dan.

Então disse Raquel: Julgou-me Deus; ouviu a minha voz e me deu um filho; pelo que lhe chamou Dã.

7 A nd Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

E Bila, serva de Raquel, concebeu outra vez e deu ã luz um segundo filho a Jacó.

8 A nd Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed; so she named him Naphtali.

Então disse Raquel: Com grandes lutas tenho lutado com minha irmã, e tenho vencido; e chamou-lhe Naftali.

9 W hen Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she gave Zilpah her maid to Jacob as a wife.

Também Léia, vendo que cessara de ter filhos, tomou a Zilpa, sua serva, e a deu a Jacó por mulher.

10 A nd Zilpah, Leah’s maid, bore Jacob a son.

E Zilpa, serva de Léia, deu ã luz um filho a Jacó.

11 T hen Leah said, Victory and good fortune have come; and she named him Gad.

Então disse Léia: Afortunada! e chamou-lhe Gade.

12 Z ilpah, Leah’s maid, bore Jacob second son.

Depois Zilpa, serva de Léia, deu ã luz um segundo filho a Jacó.

13 A nd Leah said, I am happy, for women will call me blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied); and she named him Asher.

Então disse Léia: Feliz sou eu! porque as filhas me chamarão feliz; e chamou-lhe Aser.

14 N ow Reuben went at the time of wheat harvest and found some mandrakes (love apples) in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, some of your son’s mandrakes.

Ora, saiu Rúben nos dias da ceifa do trigo e achou mandrágoras no campo, e as trouxe a Léia, sua mãe. Então disse Raquel a Léia: Dá-me, peço, das mandrágoras de teu filho.

15 B ut answered, Is it not enough that you have taken my husband without your taking away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Jacob shall sleep with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.

Ao que lhe respondeu Léia: É já pouco que me hajas tirado meu marido? queres tirar também as mandrágoras de meu filho? Prosseguiu Raquel: Por isso ele se deitará contigo esta noite pelas mandrágoras de teu filho.

16 A nd Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, You must sleep with me, for I have certainly paid your hire with my son’s mandrakes. So he slept with her that night.

Quando, pois, Jacó veio ã tarde do campo, saiu-lhe Léia ao encontro e disse: Hás de estar comigo, porque certamente te aluguei pelas mandrágoras de meu filho. E com ela deitou-se Jacó aquela noite.

17 A nd God heeded Leah’s, and she conceived and bore Jacob fifth son.

E ouviu Deus a Léia, e ela concebeu e deu a Jacó um quinto filho.

18 L eah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

Então disse Léia: Deus me tem dado o meu galardão, porquanto dei minha serva a meu marido. E chamou ao filho Issacar.

19 A nd Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob sixth son.

Concebendo Léia outra vez, deu a Jacó um sexto filho;

20 T hen Leah said, God has endowed me with a good marriage gift; now will he dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she named him Zebulun.

e disse: Deus me deu um excelente dote; agora morará comigo meu marido, porque lhe tenho dado seis filhos. E chamou-lhe Zebulom.

21 A fterwards she bore a daughter and called her Dinah.

Depois. disto deu ã luz uma filha, e chamou-lhe Diná.

22 T hen God remembered Rachel and answered her pleading and made it possible for her to have children.

Também lembrou-se Deus de Raquel, ouviu-a e a tornou fecunda.

23 A nd she became pregnant and bore a son; and she said, God has taken away my reproach, disgrace, and humiliation.

De modo que ela concebeu e deu ã luz um filho, e disse: Tirou-me Deus o opróbrio.

24 A nd she called his name Joseph and said, May the Lord add to me another son.

E chamou-lhe José, dizendo: Acrescente-me o Senhor ainda outro filho.

25 W hen Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place and country.

Depois que Raquel deu ã luz a José, disse Jacó a Labão: Despede-me a fim de que eu vá para meu lugar e para minha terra.

26 G ive me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know the work which I have done for you.

Dá-me as minhas mulheres, e os meus filhos, pelas quais te tenho servido, e deixame ir; pois tu sabes o serviço que te prestei.

27 A nd Laban said to him, If I have found favor in your sight, I pray you; for I have learned by experience and from the omens in divination that the Lord has favored me with blessings on your account.

Labão lhe respondeu: Se tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, fica comigo; pois tenho percebido que o Senhor me abençoou por amor de ti.

28 H e said, State your salary and I will give it.

E disse mais: Determina-me o teu salário, que to darei.

29 J acob answered him, You know how I have served you, and how your possessions, your cattle and sheep and goats, have fared with me.

Ao que lhe respondeu Jacó: Tu sabes como te hei servido, e como tem passado o teu gado comigo.

30 F or you had little before I came, and it has increased and multiplied abundantly; and the Lord has favored you with blessings wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own house also?

Porque o pouco que tinhas antes da minha vinda tem se multiplicado abundantemente; e o Senhor te tem abençoado por onde quer que eu fui. Agora, pois, quando hei de trabalhar também por minha casa?

31 s aid, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything, if you will do this one thing for me, and I will again feed and take care of your flock.

Insistiu Labão: Que te darei? Então respondeu Jacó: Não me darás nada; tornarei a apascentar e a guardar o teu rebanho se me fizeres isto:

32 L et me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted animal and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages.

Passarei hoje por todo o teu rebanho, separando dele todos os salpicados e malhados, e todos os escuros entre as ovelhas, e os malhados e salpicados entre as cabras; e isto será o meu salário.

33 S o later when the matter of my wages is brought before you, my fair dealing will be evident and answer for me. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the sheep, if found with me, shall be counted as stolen.

De modo que responderá por mim a minha justiça no dia de amanhã, quando vieres ver o meu salário assim exposto diante de ti: tudo o que não for salpicado e malhado entre as cabras e escuro entre as ovelhas, esse, se for achado comigo, será tido por furtado.

34 A nd Laban said, Good; let it be done as you say.

Concordou Labão, dizendo: Seja conforme a tua palavra.

35 B ut that same day removed the he-goats that were streaked and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every black lamb, and put them in charge of his sons.

E separou naquele mesmo dia os bodes listrados e malhados e todas as cabras salpicadas e malhadas, tudo em que havia algum branco, e todos os escuros entre os cordeiros e os deu nas mãos de seus filhos;

36 A nd he set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob was then left in care of the rest of Laban’s flock.

e pôs três dias de caminho entre si e Jacó; e Jacó apascentava o restante dos rebanhos de Labão.

37 B ut Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white in the rods.

Então tomou Jacó varas verdes de estoraque, de amendoeira e de plátano e, descascando nelas riscas brancas, descobriu o branco que nelas havia;

38 T hen he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred and conceived when they came to drink,

e as varas que descascara pôs em frente dos rebanhos, nos cochos, isto é, nos bebedouros, onde os rebanhos bebiam; e conceberam quando vinham beber.

39 T he flocks bred and conceived in sight of the rods and brought forth lambs and kids streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Os rebanhos concebiam diante das varas, e as ovelhas davam crias listradas, salpicadas e malhadas.

40 J acob separated the lambs, and he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves by themselves and did not let them breed with Laban’s flock.

Então separou Jacó os cordeiros, e fez os rebanhos olhar para os listrados e para todos os escuros no rebanho de Labão; e pôs seu rebanho ã parte, e não pôs com o rebanho de Labão.

41 A nd whenever the stronger animals were breeding, Jacob laid the rods in the watering troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed and conceive among the rods.

e todas as vezes que concebiam as ovelhas fortes, punha Jacó as varas nos bebedouros, diante dos olhos do rebanho, para que concebessem diante das varas;

42 B ut when the sheep and goats were feeble, he omitted putting the rods there; so the feebler animals were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.

mas quando era fraco o rebanho, ele não as punha. Assim as fracas eram de Labão, e as fortes de Jacó.

43 T hus the man increased and became exceedingly rich, and had many sheep and goats, and maidservants, menservants, camels, and donkeys.

E o homem se enriqueceu sobremaneira, e teve grandes rebanhos, servas e servos, camelos e jumentos.