1 A nd Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

¶ And when Rachel saw that she gave Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said unto Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.

2 A nd Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

3 A nd she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

4 a nd she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.

5 a nd Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,

And Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son unto Jacob.

6 a nd Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan.

And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.

7 A nd Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again and gave birth to a second son unto Jacob.

8 a nd Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

9 A nd Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took Zilpah, her maid and gave her Jacob to wife.

10 a nd Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

And Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a son unto Jacob.

11 a nd Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.

And Leah said, Good venture has come; and she called his name Gad.

12 A nd Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

And Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a second son unto Jacob.

13 a nd Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.

And Leah said, Blessed am I, for the daughters will call me blessed; and she called his name Asher.

14 A nd Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'

¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

15 A nd she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.'

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband and would thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

16 A nd Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17 A nd God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son unto Jacob.

18 a nd Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

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 A nd conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,

And Leah conceived again and gave birth to the sixth son unto Jacob.

20 a nd Leah saith, `God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun;

And Leah said, God has endued me with a good dowry; now my husband will dwell with me because I have born him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.

21 a nd afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.

And afterwards she gave birth to a daughter and called her name Dinah.

22 A nd God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,

And God remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.

23 a nd she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;'

And she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, God has taken away my reproach;

24 a nd she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.'

and she called his name Joseph, saying, Let the LORD add unto me another son.

25 A nd it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land;

¶ And it came to pass when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, and I shall go unto my place and to my land.

26 g ive up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go, for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

27 A nd Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'

And Laban said unto him, Let me now find grace in thine eyes, I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for thy sake.

28 H e saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.'

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

29 A nd he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee, and that which thy substance was with me;

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee and how many livestock thou hast with me.

30 f or little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude, and the LORD has blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide for my own house also?

31 A nd he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

32 I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire;

I will pass through all thy flock today, setting apart all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown rams among the rams, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.

33 a nd my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among goats, and brown among lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

So shall my righteousness answer for me tomorrow, when my hire shall come before thy face; each one that is not speckled and spotted among my goats and brown among my sheep shall be counted stolen with me.

34 A nd Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;'

And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

35 a nd he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,

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 a nd setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.

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

37 A nd Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that on the rods,

¶ And Jacob took rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut tree and peeled white strakes in them and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 a nd setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;

And he set the rods which he had peeled 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 a nd the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones.

And the flocks conceived before the rods and brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted sheep.

40 A nd the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and put with his flock the ringstraked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them together with Laban’s sheep.

41 A nd it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

And it came to pass, whenever the stronger sheep conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the gutters that they might conceive among the rods.

42 a nd when the flock is feeble, he doth not set; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.

But when the sheep were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

43 A nd the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had many sheep, and maidslaves and menslaves, and camels, and asses.