1 و َلَمّا رَأتْ راحِيلُ أنَّها لا تُنجِبُ أبْناءً لِيَعقُوبَ، غارَتْ مِنْ أُختِها. فَقالَتْ لِيَعقُوبَ: «أعطِنِي أبناءَ، وَإلّا مِتُّ!»

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

2 ف َغَضِبَ يَعقُوبُ مِنْ راحِيلَ. وَقالَ لَها: «أأنا اللهُ الَّذِي مَنَعَ عَنْكِ الأبْناءَ؟»

Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

3 ف َقالَتْ راحِيلُ: «ها خادِمَتِي بِلْهَةُ أمامَكَ. فَعاشِرْها لِكَي تَلِدَ لِي ابْناً، فَيَكُونُ لِي أبْناءٌ مِنْها.»

She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”

4 ف َزَوَّجَتْهُ راحِيلُ مِنْ خادِمَتِها بِلْهَةَ، فَعاشَرَها.

She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

5 ف َحَبِلَتْ بِلْهَةُ وَوَلَدَتْ لِيَعقُوبَ وَلَداً.

Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

6 ف َقالَتْ راحِيلُ: «لَقَدْ سَمِعَ اللهُ صَلاتِي وَأنصَفَنِي إذْ رَزَقَنِي بِوَلَدٍ.» وَلِهَذا سَمَّتْهُ راحِيلُ دانَ.

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 و َحَبِلَتْ بِلْهَةُ، خادِمَةُ راحِيلَ، مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَوَلَدَتْ وَلَداً ثانِياً.

Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

8 ف َقالَتْ راحِيلُ: «جاهَدْتُ ضِدَّ أُختِي جِهاداً عَظِيماً، وَفُزْتُ.» فَسَمَّتْهُ راحِيلُ نَفْتالِي.

Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

9 و َرَأتْ لَيئَةُ أنَّها لَمْ تَعُدْ تُنجِبُ. فَأخَذَتْ خادِمَتَها زِلْفَةَ وَزَوَّجَتْها مِنْ يَعقُوبَ.

When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

10 ف َأنجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ، خادِمَةُ لَيئَةَ، لِيَعقُوبَ وَلَداً،

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.

11 ف َقالَتْ لَيئَةُ: «يا لَسَعْدِيَ!» فَسَمَّتْهُ جادَ.

Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.

12 ث ُمَّ أنجَبَتْ خادِمَةُ لَيئَةَ وَلَداً ثانِياً.

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.

13 و َقالَتْ لَيئَةُ: «هَنِيئاً لِي، لِأنَّ الفَتَياتِ ستُبارِكُ لِي.» فَأسْمَتْهُ أشِيرَ.

Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

14 و َفِي أيّامِ حَصادِ القَمْحِ، خَرَجَ رَأُوبَيْنُ فَوَجَدَ بَعضَ اللُّفّاحِ فِي الحَقلِ. فَأحْضَرَهُ إلَى أُمِّهِ لَيئَةَ. فَقالَتْ راحِيلُ لِلَيئَةَ: «أعطِنِي مِنْ فَضلِكِ بَعضاً مِنَ اللُّفّاحِ الَّذِي جَلَبَهُ ابْنُكِ.»

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, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15 ل َكِنَّ لَيئَةَ قالَتْ لَها: «ألَمْ يَكفِكِ أنَّكِ أخَذْتِ زَوْجِي مِنِّي؟ فَهَلْ تُرِيدِينَ أنْ تَأْخُذِي لُفّاحَ ابْنِي أيضاً؟» فَقالَتْ راحِيلُ: «إذاً لِيُعاشِرْكِ يَعقُوبُ هَذِهِ اللَّيلَةَ مُقابِلَ لُفّاحِ ابْنِكِ.»

She said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”

16 و َلَمّا رَجِعَ يَعقُوبُ مِنَ الحَقلِ فِي المَساءِ، خَرَجَتْ لَيئَةُ لِلِقائِهِ. وَقالَتْ: «سَتَنامُ عِندِي اللَّيلَةَ، لِأنِّي دَفَعْتُ مُقابِلَ ذَلِكَ لُفّاحَ ابْنِي.» فَنامَ مَعَها يَعقُوبُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ.

Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.

17 و َاسْتَجابَ اللهُ لِصَلاةِ لَيئَةَ، فَحَبِلَتْ وَأنجَبَتْ وَلَداً خامِساً لِيَعقُوبَ.

God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 ف َقالَتْ لَيئَةُ: «أعطانِي اللهُ مُكافَأتِي، لِأنِّي أعطَيتُ خادِمَتِي زَوْجَةً لِزَوجِيَ.» فَسَمَّتْهُ يَسّاكَرَ.

Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

19 و َحَبِلَتْ لَيئَةُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَأنجَبَتْ وَلَداً سادِساً لِيَعقُوبَ.

Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20 و َقالَتْ لَيئَةُ: «أعطانِي اللهُ عَطِيَّةً رائِعَةً. وَالآنَ سَيُكرِمُنِي زَوجِي، لِأنِّي أنجَبْتُ لَهُ ابْناً سادِساً.» فَسَمَّتْهُ زَبُولُونَ.

Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.

21 و َأنجَبَتْ لَيئَةُ فِيما بَعْدُ بِنْتاً أسْمَتْها دِينَةَ.

Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

22 ث ُمَّ تَذَكَّرَ اللهُ راحِيلَ وَاسْتَجابَ لِصَلاتِها. وَمَكَّنَها مِنَ الإنجابِ.

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

23 ف َحَبِلَتْ راحِيلُ وَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً. فَقالَتْ: «لَقَدْ نَزَعَ اللهُ عَنِّي عارِيَ.»

She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

24 و َسَمَّتْهُ يُوسُفَ. وَقالَتْ: «لَيتَ اللهَ يَزِيدُنِي ابْناً آخَرَ.» يَعْقُوبُ يخدعُ لابان

She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”

25 و َلَمّا وَلَدَتْ راحِيلُ يُوسُفَ، قالَ يَعقُوبُ لِلابانَ: «اسْمَحْ لِي بِأنْ أعُودَ إلَى بَيتِي وَأرْضِي.

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

26 و َاسْمَحْ لِي بِأنْ آخُذَ مَعِي زَوْجاتِي وَأبْنائِي. لَقَدْ خَدَمْتُكَ مُقابِلَهُمْ. ائْذَنْ لِي وَسَأنطَلِقُ. فَأنتَ تَعلَمُ كَيفَ خَدَمْتُكَ.»

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”

27 ف َقالَ لَهُ لابانُ: «لَيتَكَ تَرْضَى عَنِّي. قَدْ تَفاءَلْتُ بِالبَرَكَةِ، فَبارَكَنِي اللهُ بِسَبَبِكَ.»

Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”

28 ث ُمَّ قالَ: «قُلْ كَمْ لَكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأنا سَأدفَعُ لَكَ.»

He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”

29 ف َقالَ لَهُ يَعقُوبُ: «أنتَ تَعلَمُ كَيفَ خَدَمْتُكَ وَكَيفَ اعتَنَيتُ بِماشِيَتِكَ.

He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

30 ف َما كانَ عِندَكَ قَبلَ أنْ آتِيَ كانَ قَلِيلاً، وَأمّا الآنَ فَلَدَيكَ كَثِيرٌ. وَقَدْ بارَكَكَ اللهُ فِي كُلِّ ما صَنَعَتَ. لَكِنْ مَتَى سَأعمَلُ مِنْ أجلِ عائِلَتِي أنا أيضاً؟»

For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”

31 ف َقالَ لابانُ: «ماذا تُرِيدُنِي أنْ أُعطِيَكَ؟» فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ: «لا أُرِيدُ أنْ تُعطِيَنِي شَيئاً. لَكِنْ إنْ قَبِلْتَ أنْ تَفْعَلَ هَذا الأمْرَ مِنْ أجلِيَ، فَسَأرْعَى وَأحرُسُ مَواشِيَكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.

He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.

32 س َأمُرُّ اليَوْمَ بَينَ كُلِّ ماشِيَتِكَ. وَسَأنتَقِي كُلَّ شاةٍ مُرَقَّطَةٍ وَمُخَطَّطَةٍ، وَكُلَّ حَمَلٍ أسْوَدَ بَينَ الحِملانِ. وَكُلَّ مِعزاةٍ مُرَقَّطَةٍ وَمُخَطَّطَةٍ. وَهَذا يَكُونُ أجرِيَ.

I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.

33 و َسَتَشْهَدُ نَزاهَتِي عَنِّي فِيما بَعْدُ عِندَما تَتَفَقَّدُ أجرِيَ. فَكُلُّ ما لَيسَ مُخَطَّطاً وَمُرَقَّطاً بَينَ المِعزَى، وَكُلُّ ما لَيسَ أسْوَدَ بَينَ الخِرافِ تَجِدُهُ عِندِي، فَهُوَ يُعتَبَرُ مَسْرُوقاً.»

So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen.”

34 ف َقالَ لابانُ: «اتَّفَقْنا! لِيَتِمَّ الأمْرُ حَسَبَ ما قُلْتَ.»

Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”

35 ل َكِنَّ لابانَ قامَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ بِعَزلِ كُلِّ التُّيُوسِ المُخَطَّطَةِ وَالمُرَقَّطَةِ، وَكُلِّ المَاعِزِ المُخَطَّطَةِ وَالمُرَقَّطَةِ، وَكُلِّ ما عَلَيهِ بَياضٌ، وَكُلِّ الحِملانِ السَّوْداءِ. وَأعْطاها لِبَنِيهِ.

That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

36 ث ُمَّ أخَذَ هَذِهِ الحَيواناتِ إلَى مَكانٍ يَبْعُدُ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ عَنْ يَعقُوبَ. أمّا يَعقُوبُ فَبَقِيَ وَرَعَى ما تَبَقَّى مِنْ مَواشِي لابانَ.

He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

37 ف َأخَذَ يَعقُوبُ أغصاناً طَرِيَّةً مِنْ أشْجارِ الحَوْرِ وَاللَّوْزِ وَالدُّلْبِ. وَقَشَّرَها لِتَظْهَرَ عَلَيها خُطُوطٌ بَيضاءَ.

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 ث ُمَّ وَضَعَ الأغصانَ الَّتِي قَشَّرَها أمامَ القُطْعانِ عِنْدَ الأحواضِ حَيثُ تَشْرَبُ الماشِيَةُ. وَكانَتِ القُطْعانُ تَتَزاوَجُ عِندَما تَأْتِي لِتَشْرَبَ.

He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

39 ف َلَمّا تَزاوَجَتِ القُطْعانُ أمامَ الأغصانِ، وَلَدَتْ مَواشِيَ مُخَطَّطَةً وَمُنَقَّطَةً وَمُرَقَّطَةً.

The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.

40 و َهَكَذا زاوَجَ يَعقُوبُ الأغنامَ، ثُمَّ فَصَلَ الأغنامَ المُخَطَّطَةَ مِنَ القَطِيعِ، فَكَثَّرَ بِذَلِكَ قَطِيعَهُ. وَلَمْ يَضَعْ غَنَمَ لابانَ مَعَ قَطِيعِهِ.

Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.

41 ف َلَمّا كانَتِ الأغنامُ القَوِيَّةُ تَتَزاوَجُ، كانَ يَعقُوبُ يَضَعُ الأغصانَ أمامَها فِي أحواضِ السِّقايَةِ، لِكَي تَتَزاوَجَ أمامَ الأغصانِ.

Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

42 ل َكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَضَعُ الأغصانَ أمامَ الأغنامِ الضَّعيفَةِ فِي القَطِيعِ، فَصارَتِ مَوالِيدُ الضَّعيفَةِ مِنْ نَصِيبِ لابانَ، وَمَوالِيدُ القَوِيَّةِ مِنْ نَصِيبِ يَعقُوبَ.

but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

43 ف َصارَ يَعقُوبُ غَنِيّاً جِدّاً. إذْ كانَتْ لَدَيهِ مَواشٍ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَخُدّامٌ وَخادِماتٌ، وَجِمالٌ وَحَمِيرٌ.

The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.