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Postanak 30
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod

30 Kad je Rahela vidjela da Jakovu ne rađa djecu, postala je ljubomorna na svoju sestru. Rekla mu je: »Daj mi djecu, inače ću umrijeti!«

2 Jakov se razljutio na Rahelu i rekao: »Pa nisam ja Bog. On ti nije dao da rađaš djecu.«

3 A ona je rekla: »Evo moje sluškinje Bilhe—spavaj s njom, da ona rodi za mene i da preko nje dobijem djecu.«

4 Tako mu je dala svoju sluškinju Bilhu za ženu, a Jakov je spavao s njom. 5 Bilha je zatrudnjela i rodila mu sina.

6 Tada je Rahela rekla: »Bog je presudio u moju korist. Čuo je moju molitvu i dao mi sina.« Zato ga je nazvala Dan[a].

7 Rahelina sluškinja Bilha ponovo je zatrudnjela i rodila Jakovu drugog sina. 8 Rahela je tada rekla: »Žestoka je bila borba s mojom sestrom, ali pobijedila sam.« Zato mu je dala ime Naftali[b].

9 Kad je Lea vidjela da je prestala rađati, dala je svoju sluškinju Zilpu Jakovu za ženu. 10 Leina je sluškinja Zilpa rodila Jakovu sina. 11 Lea je tada rekla: »Kakva sreća!« Zato mu je dala ime Gad[c].

12 Leina je sluškinja Zilpa rodila Jakovu i drugog sina, a 13 Lea je tada rekla: »Jako sam sretna! Sad će me žene zvati sretnom!« Zato mu je dala ime Ašer[d].

14 U vrijeme pšenične žetve Ruben je otišao u polje i našao mandragoru[e] pa ju je donio svojoj majci Lei. No Rahela tada reče Lei: »Molim te, daj mi malo mandragore tvoga sina.«

15 Lea joj odgovori: »Zar ti nije dosta što si mi uzela muža, nego mi želiš uzeti i mandragoru moga sina?«

»Onda ovako«, rekla je Rahela, »neka Jakov noćas spava s tobom u zamjenu za mandragoru tvoga sina.«

16 Kad se Jakov uvečer vratio s polja, Lea mu je izašla ususret i rekla: »Večeras spavaš sa mnom jer sam te unajmila za mandragoru svoga sina.« Tako je Jakov te noći spavao s njom.

17 Bog je čuo Leinu molitvu te je zatrudnjela i rodila Jakovu petog sina. 18 Tada je rekla: »Bog me nagradio što sam svoju sluškinju dala svome mužu.« Zato mu je dala ime Isakar[f].

19 Zatim je Lea ponovo zatrudnjela i rodila Jakovu šestog sina. 20 Tada je rekla: »Bog mi je dao divan dar. Sad će me moj muž poštovati jer sam mu rodila šest sinova.« Zato mu je dala ime Zebulun[g].

21 Kasnije je Lea rodila kćer i dala joj ime Dina.

22 Zatim se Bog sjetio Rahele, ispunio njezinu molbu i učinio je plodnom. 23 Zatrudnjela je i rodila sina pa rekla: »Bog je uklonio moju sramotu.« 24 Dala mu je ime Josip[h], govoreći: »Neka mi BOG nadoda još jednog sina.«

Jakov vara Labana

25 Kad je Rahela rodila Josipa, Jakov je rekao Labanu: »Pusti me da se vratim u svoj rodni kraj. 26 Daj mi moje žene i djecu, za koje sam ti služio, i pusti nas da idemo. Dobro znaš koliko sam radio za tebe.«

27 Laban mu odgovori: »Ako sam stekao tvoju naklonost, poslušaj me. Gatanjem sam doznao da me BOG zbog tebe blagoslovio. 28 Odredi plaću koju tražiš i dat ću ti je.«

29 Jakov mu odgovori: »Znaš kako sam ti služio i što je bilo s tvojom stokom. 30 Ono malo što si imao prije mog dolaska sad se obilno uvećalo i BOG te blagoslovio kroz sve što sam radio. Zar nije vrijeme da počnem raditi za svoj dom?«

31 Laban je upitao: »Što da ti dam?«

»Nemoj mi ništa dati«, odgovori Jakov. »Ali, ako ovo učiniš za mene, nastavit ću pasti i čuvati tvoja stada: 32 pusti me da danas prođem kroz sva tvoja stada i izdvojim svaku pjegavu i šarenu ovcu, svako crno janje te svaku šarenu i pjegavu kozu. Neka mi to bude plaća. 33 Kad ubuduće budeš provjeravao stoku, koju sam uzeo kao plaću, neka moje poštenje svjedoči za mene. Svaka koza u mom posjedu, koja ne bude šarena ili pjegava, i svako janje, koje ne bude crno, neka se smatraju ukradenima.«

34 »U redu«, rekao je Laban. »Neka bude kako si rekao.« 35 No toga je istog dana Laban iz stada uklonio sve jarce koji su imali pruge ili šare, sve pjegave i šarene koze, sve koje su bile imalo bijele i svu crnu janjad pa ih predao svojim sinovima. 36 Zatim je sa sinovima i stokom otišao tri dana hoda daleko od Jakova, dok je Jakov ostao napasati ostala Labanova stada.

37 Jakov je uzeo svježe grane jablana, badema i platane pa na njima napravio bijele pruge, guleći koru i ogoljujući bijelo drvo. 38 Zatim je te prugaste grančice stavio u sva pojila, da budu pred stadima kad dolaze piti. Budući da se stoka parila kad je dolazila na pojila, 39 parila se ispred grana pa je rađala prugaste, pjegave i šarene mlade.

40 Jakov je mladu stoku odvojio, a ostalu okrenuo da gleda u prugastu i crnu stoku koja je pripadala Labanu. Jakov je dobio svoja odvojena stada i nije ih miješao s Labanovima. 41 Kad su se snažnije životinje iz stada parile, stavljao bi grane u pojila ispred životinja, da se pare pored njih. 42 No pred kržljave životinje Jakov nije stavljao grane te su one pripale Labanu, a snažne njemu. 43 Tako se Jakov silno obogatio jer je stekao velika stada ovaca i koza, deve i magarace, sluškinje i sluge.

Footnotes

  1. 30,6 Dan zvuči kao hebrejska riječ za »presuditi«.
  2. 30,8 Naftali zvuči kao hebrejska riječ za »moja borba«.
  3. 30,11 Gad znači »sreća«.
  4. 30,13 Ašer znači »sretan«.
  5. 30,14 mandragora Smatralo se da ta biljka povećava spolnu moć i doprinosi plodnosti žena.
  6. 30,18 Isakar na hebrejskom zvuči kao »unajmljen muškarac« i »ima nagrade«.
  7. 30,20 Zebulun zvuči kao hebrejska riječ za »poštovati« ili »dar«.
  8. 30,24 Josip na hebrejskom zvuči kao »neka nadoda« (24. redak) ili »uklonio je« (23. redak).
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Genesis 30
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30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,(A) she became jealous of her sister.(B) So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(C) who has kept you from having children?”(D)

3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,(E) my servant.(F) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”(G)

4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(H) Jacob slept with her,(I) 5 and she became pregnant and bore him a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;(J) he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”(K) Because of this she named him Dan.[a](L)

7 Rachel’s servant Bilhah(M) conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”(N) So she named him Naphtali.[b](O)

9 When Leah(P) saw that she had stopped having children,(Q) she took her servant Zilpah(R) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.(S) 10 Leah’s servant Zilpah(T) bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”[c] So she named him Gad.[d](U)

12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me(V) happy.”(W) So she named him Asher.[e](X)

14 During wheat harvest,(Y) Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants,(Z) which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15 But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough(AA) that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?”

“Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”(AB)

16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”(AC) So he slept with her that night.

17 God listened to Leah,(AD) and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”(AE) So she named him Issachar.[f](AF)

19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor,(AG) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[g](AH)

21 Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.(AI)

22 Then God remembered Rachel;(AJ) he listened to her(AK) and enabled her to conceive.(AL) 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(AM) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(AN) 24 She named him Joseph,[h](AO) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(AP)

Jacob’s Flocks Increase

25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way(AQ) so I can go back to my own homeland.(AR) 26 Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you,(AS) and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”

27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(AT) please stay. I have learned by divination(AU) that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”(AV) 28 He added, “Name your wages,(AW) and I will pay them.”

29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you(AX) and how your livestock has fared under my care.(AY) 30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been.(AZ) But now, when may I do something for my own household?(BA)”

31 “What shall I give you?” he asked.

“Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat.(BB) They will be my wages.(BC) 33 And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored,(BD) will be considered stolen.(BE)”

34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.” 35 That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs,(BF) and he placed them in the care of his sons.(BG) 36 Then he put a three-day journey(BH) between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.

37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond(BI) and plane trees(BJ) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.(BK) 38 Then he placed the peeled branches(BL) in all the watering troughs,(BM) so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat(BN) and came to drink, 39 they mated in front of the branches.(BO) And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.(BP) 40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals(BQ) that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals. 41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat,(BR) Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,(BS) 42 but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.(BT) 43 In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.(BU)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.
  2. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.
  3. Genesis 30:11 Or “A troop is coming!”
  4. Genesis 30:11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.
  5. Genesis 30:13 Asher means happy.
  6. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
  7. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.
  8. Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.
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