1 W hen Rachel saw that she had not given birth to any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I am going to 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 T hen Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, “Am I taking God’s place, Who has kept you from giving birth?”

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 T hen she said, “Here is Bilhah, the woman who serves me. Go in to her, and let her give birth for me. Even I may have children through her.”

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 S o she gave Bilhah to him for a wife, the woman who served her. And Jacob went in to her.

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

5 B ilhah was going to have a child and she gave birth to a son.

Bila concebeu e deu ã luz um filho a Jacó.

6 T hen Rachel said, “God has done the right thing for me. He has heard my voice and has given me a son.” So she gave him the name Dan.

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

7 B ilhah, the woman who served Rachel, was going to have another child. And she gave birth to another son for Jacob.

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

8 S o Rachel said, “I have fought a hard fight with my sister, and I have won.” She gave him the name Naphtali.

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

9 L eah saw that she had stopped giving birth. So she took Zilpah, the woman who served her, and gave her 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 a son was born to Jacob through Zilpah, the woman who served Leah.

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

11 T hen Leah said, “Good things have happened to me!” So she gave him the name Gad.

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

12 A second son was born to Jacob through Zilpah, the woman who served Leah.

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

13 T hen Leah said, “I am happy! For women will say that I am happy.” So she gave him the name Asher.

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

14 D uring the time of gathering grain, Reuben went out in the field and found some fruit. He brought it to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s fruit.”

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 Leah said, “Is it not enough to take my husband? Would you take my son’s fruit also?” So Rachel said, “Jacob may lie with you tonight if you give me your son’s fruit.”

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 W hen Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight. For I have paid for you with my son’s fruit.” So he lay 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 heard Leah and she gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

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

18 L eah said, “God has given me my pay because I gave my husband the woman who serves me.” So she gave him the 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 L eah was going to have another child and she gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.

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

20 T hen Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will live with me, because I have given birth to six sons.” So she gave him the name of 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 L ater she gave birth to a daughter, and gave her the name Dinah.

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

22 T hen God remembered Rachel. God listened to her, and made her able to have a child,

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

23 a nd she gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”

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

24 S he gave him the name Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me another son.”

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

25 W hen Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so I may go to my own place and my own 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. Let me leave, for you know how much I have served 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 B ut Laban said to him, “If now it pleases you, stay with me. I have learned that the Lord has brought good to me because of you.”

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 T hen he said, “Tell me what you want to be paid, and I will pay it.”

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

29 J acob said to him, “You know how much I have served you and how I have cared for your cattle.

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. But now it has become very much. The Lord has brought good to you everywhere I turned. But when will I be able to give much to those of 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 L aban said, “What should I pay you?” Jacob said, “Do not pay me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, 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 go through your whole flock today. Let me take out of it every sheep and every goat that has spots, and every black lamb. These will be my pay.

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 my fair actions will answer for me later, when you come to look at what I have been paid. If you find any sheep or goat without spots or any lamb that is not black, you may think of them 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 T hat day Laban took out all the male goats with spots and all the female goats with spots, every one with white on it, and every black sheep. And he put them into the care 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 T hen he traveled three days away from Jacob. And Jacob was left to care for the rest of Laban’s flocks.

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

37 T hen Jacob took green sticks of three kinds of trees. And he cut white marks in them, showing the white which was in the sticks.

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

38 H e took these sticks which he had cut and set them in front of the flocks, in the place where the flocks came to drink. And the animals mated 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 S o the flocks mated in front of the sticks. And the young that were born had spots.

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

40 T hen Jacob divided the lambs. He made the flocks look toward Laban’s flock of the animals which were black or with spots. And he put his own flocks by themselves. He did not put them 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 W hen the stronger animals of the flock were mating, Jacob would put the sticks in the water in front of the flock so they would mate by the sticks.

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 flock was weak, Jacob did not put the sticks in. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones went to Jacob.

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

43 J acob became very rich. He had large flocks and camels and donkeys, and men and women servants.

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