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.'

Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “ Give me children, or else I 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?'

Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you 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;'

She said, “ Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children.”

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

So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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

Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

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.

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.

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

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

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.

So Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him 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, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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

Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

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

Then Leah said, “ How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

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

Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

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

Then Leah said, “ Happy am I! For women will call me happy.” So she named him 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.'

Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went 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 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.'

But she said to her, “Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son’s mandrakes also?” So Rachel said, “Therefore he may lie with you tonight in return for your 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.

When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, then 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.” So he lay with her that night.

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

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

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.

Then Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

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

Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to 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;

Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good gift; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

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

Afterward she bore a daughter and named her Dinah.

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

Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.

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

So she conceived and bore 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.'

She named him Joseph, saying, “ May the Lord give me another son.” Jacob Prospers

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;

Now it came about when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “ Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my own country.

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 you, and let me depart; for you yourself know my service which I have rendered you.”

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.'

But Laban said to him, “If now it pleases you, stay with me; I have divined that the Lord has blessed me on your account.”

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

He continued, “ Name me your 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;

But he said to him, “ You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared 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 you had little before I came and it has increased to a multitude, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household 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;

So he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your 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;

let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted sheep and every black one among the lambs and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages.

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 my honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen.”

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

Laban said, “ Good, let it be according to your 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,

So he removed on that day the striped and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats, every one with white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the care 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 put a distance of 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,

Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white 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;

He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters, even in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.

39 a nd the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones.

So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.

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.

Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

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,

Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the gutters, so that they might mate by 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 flock was 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.

So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.