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30 Vendo, pois, Raquel que não dava filhos a Jacó, teve Raquel inveja de sua irmã e disse a Jacó: Dá-me filhos, senão morro. Então, se acendeu a ira de Jacó contra Raquel e disse: Estou eu no lugar de Deus, que te impediu o fruto de teu ventre? E ela disse: Eis aqui minha serva Bila; entra a ela, para que tenha filhos sobre os meus joelhos, e eu assim receba filhos por ela. Assim, lhe deu a Bila, sua serva, por mulher; e Jacó entrou a ela. E concebeu Bila e deu a Jacó um filho. Então, disse Raquel: Julgou-me Deus, e também ouviu a minha voz, e me deu um filho; por isso, chamou o seu nome Dã. E Bila, serva de Raquel, concebeu outra vez e deu a Jacó o segundo filho. Então, disse Raquel: Com lutas de Deus, tenho lutado com minha irmã e também venci; e chamou o seu nome Naftali.

Vendo, pois, Leia que cessava de gerar, tomou também a Zilpa, sua serva, e deu-a a Jacó por mulher. 10 E deu Zilpa, serva de Leia, um filho a Jacó. 11 Então, disse Leia: Vem uma turba; e chamou o seu nome de Gade. 12 Depois, deu Zilpa, serva de Leia, um segundo filho a Jacó. 13 Então, disse Leia: Para minha ventura, porque as filhas me terão por bem-aventurada; e chamou o seu nome Aser.

14 E foi Rúben, nos dias da sega do trigo, e achou mandrágoras no campo. E trouxe-as a Leia, sua mãe. Então, disse Raquel a Leia: Ora, dá-me das mandrágoras do teu filho. 15 E ela lhe disse: É já pouco que hajas tomado o meu marido? Tomarás também as mandrágoras do meu filho? Então, disse Raquel: Por isso, se deitará contigo esta noite pelas mandrágoras de teu filho. 16 Vindo, pois, Jacó, à tarde, do campo, saiu-lhe Leia ao encontro e disse: A mim entrarás, porque certamente te aluguei com as mandrágoras do meu filho. E deitou-se com ela aquela noite. 17 E ouviu Deus a Leia, e concebeu e teve um quinto filho. 18 Então, disse Leia: Deus me tem dado o meu galardão, pois tenho dado minha serva ao meu marido. E chamou o seu nome Issacar. 19 E Leia concebeu outra vez e deu a Jacó um sexto filho. 20 E disse Leia: Deus me deu a mim uma boa dádiva; desta vez morará o meu marido comigo, porque lhe tenho dado seis filhos. E chamou o seu nome Zebulom. 21 E, depois, teve uma filha e chamou o seu nome Diná. 22 E lembrou-se Deus de Raquel, e Deus a ouviu, e abriu a sua madre. 23 E ela concebeu, e teve um filho, e disse: Tirou-me Deus a minha vergonha. 24 E chamou o seu nome José, dizendo: O Senhor me acrescente outro filho.

25 E aconteceu que, quando Raquel teve a José, disse Jacó a Labão: Deixa-me ir; que me vá ao meu lugar e à minha terra. 26 Dá-me os meus filhos e as minhas mulheres, pelas quais te tenho servido, e ir-me-ei; pois tu sabes o meu serviço, que te tenho feito.

Labão faz um novo pacto com Jacó

27 Então, lhe disse Labão: Se, agora, tenho achado graça a teus olhos, fica comigo. Tenho experimentado que o Senhor me abençoou por amor de ti. 28 E disse mais: Determina-me o teu salário, que to darei. 29 Então, lhe disse: Tu sabes como te tenho servido e como passou o teu gado comigo. 30 Porque o pouco que tinhas antes de mim é aumentado até uma multidão; e o Senhor te tem abençoado por meu trabalho. Agora, pois, quando hei de trabalhar também por minha casa? 31 E disse ele: Que te darei? Então, disse Jacó: Nada me darás; tornarei a apascentar e a guardar o teu rebanho, se me fizeres isto: 32 passarei hoje por todo o teu rebanho, separando dele todos os salpicados e malhados, e todos os morenos entre os cordeiros, e o que é malhado e salpicado entre as cabras; e isto será o meu salário. 33 Assim, testificará por mim a minha justiça no dia de amanhã, quando vieres e o meu salário estiver diante de tua face; tudo o que não for salpicado e malhado entre as cabras e moreno entre os cordeiros ser-me-á por furto. 34 Então, disse Labão: Tomara que seja conforme a tua palavra. 35 E separou, naquele mesmo dia, os bodes listrados e malhados e todas as cabras salpicadas e malhadas, tudo em que havia brancura e todo o moreno entre os cordeiros; e deu-os nas mãos dos seus filhos. 36 E pôs três dias de caminho entre si e Jacó; e Jacó apascentava o resto dos rebanhos de Labão.

A maneira como Jacó se pagou de Labão

37 Então, tomou Jacó varas verdes de álamo, e de aveleira, e de castanheiro e descascou nelas riscas brancas, descobrindo a brancura que nas varas havia, 38 e pôs estas varas, que tinha descascado, em frente do rebanho, nos canos e nas pias de água, aonde o rebanho vinha a beber, e conceberam vindo a beber. 39 E concebia o rebanho diante das varas, e as ovelhas davam crias listradas, salpicadas e malhadas. 40 Então, separou Jacó os cordeiros e pôs as faces do rebanho para os listrados e todo moreno entre o rebanho de Labão; e pôs o seu rebanho à parte e não o pôs com o rebanho de Labão. 41 E sucedia que, cada vez que concebiam as ovelhas fortes, punha Jacó as varas diante dos olhos do rebanho nos canos, para que concebessem diante das varas. 42 Mas, quando enfraqueceu o rebanho, não as pôs. Assim, as fracas eram de Labão, e as fortes, de Jacó. 43 E cresceu o varão em grande maneira; e teve muitos rebanhos, e servas, e servos, e camelos, e jumentos.

Lea y Raquel

30 Pero viendo Raquel que ella no daba hijos a Jacob(A), tuvo[a] celos de su hermana, y dijo a Jacob: «Dame hijos(B), o si no, me muero». Entonces se encendió la ira de Jacob contra Raquel, y dijo: «¿Estoy yo en lugar de Dios, que te ha negado[b] el fruto de tu[c] vientre(C)?».

Y ella dijo: «Aquí está mi sierva Bilha(D). Llégate a ella para que dé a luz sobre mis rodillas(E), para que por medio de ella yo también tenga hijos[d](F)». Raquel le dio a su sierva Bilha por mujer(G), y Jacob se llegó a ella. Bilha concibió y dio a luz un hijo a Jacob. Entonces Raquel dijo: «Dios me ha vindicado[e](H). Ciertamente ha oído mi voz y me ha dado un hijo». Por tanto le puso por nombre Dan[f].

Concibió otra vez Bilha, sierva de Raquel, y dio a luz un segundo hijo a Jacob. Y Raquel dijo: «Con grandes luchas[g] he luchado con mi hermana, y ciertamente he prevalecido». Y le puso por nombre Neftalí[h].

Viendo Lea que había dejado de dar a luz, tomó a su sierva Zilpa y la dio por mujer a Jacob. 10 Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, dio a luz un hijo a Jacob. 11 Entonces Lea dijo: «¡Cuán afortunada![i]». Y le puso por nombre Gad[j]. 12 Después Zilpa, sierva de Lea, dio a luz un segundo hijo a Jacob. 13 Y Lea dijo: «Dichosa de mí[k], porque las mujeres me llamarán bienaventurada(I)». Y le puso por nombre Aser[l].

14 En los días de la cosecha de trigo, Rubén fue y halló mandrágoras(J) en el campo, y las trajo a su madre Lea. Entonces Raquel dijo a Lea: «Dame, te ruego, de las mandrágoras de tu hijo». 15 Pero ella le respondió: «¿Te parece poco haberme quitado el marido? ¿Me quitarás también las mandrágoras de mi hijo?». «Que él duerma, pues, contigo esta noche a cambio de las mandrágoras de tu hijo», le dijo Raquel.

16 Cuando Jacob vino del campo por la tarde, Lea salió a su encuentro y le dijo: «Debes llegarte a mí, porque ciertamente te he alquilado por las mandrágoras de mi hijo». Y él durmió con ella aquella noche. 17 Escuchó Dios a Lea, y ella concibió y dio a luz el quinto hijo a Jacob. 18 Entonces Lea dijo: «Dios me ha dado mi recompensa[m] porque di mi sierva a mi marido». Y le puso por nombre Isacar[n].

19 Concibió Lea otra vez y dio a luz el sexto hijo a Jacob. 20 Y Lea dijo: «Dios me ha favorecido con una buena dote. Ahora mi marido vivirá conmigo[o], porque le he dado seis hijos». Y le puso por nombre Zabulón[p]. 21 Después dio a luz una hija, y le puso por nombre Dina. 22 Entonces Dios se acordó de Raquel(K). Y Dios la escuchó y le concedió hijos[q](L). 23 Ella concibió y dio a luz un hijo, y dijo: «Dios ha quitado mi afrenta(M)». 24 Y le puso por nombre José[r], diciendo: «Que el Señor me añada otro hijo(N)».

Prosperidad de Jacob

25 Cuando Raquel hubo dado a luz a José, Jacob dijo a Labán: «Despídeme(O) para que me vaya a mi lugar y a mi tierra. 26 Dame mis mujeres y mis hijos por los cuales te he servido(P), y déjame ir. Porque tú bien sabes el servicio que te he prestado[s]». 27 Pero Labán le respondió: «Si ahora he hallado gracia ante tus ojos, quédate conmigo. Me he dado cuenta de que el Señor me ha bendecido por causa tuya(Q)». 28 Y añadió: «Fíjame tu salario(R), y te lo daré».

29 Pero Jacob le respondió: «Tú sabes cómo te he servido(S), y cómo le ha ido a[t] tu ganado conmigo. 30 Porque tenías poco antes de que yo viniera[u], y ha aumentado[v] hasta ser multitud. El Señor te ha bendecido en todo lo que he hecho[w]. Y ahora, ¿cuándo proveeré yo también para mi propia casa?». 31 «¿Qué te daré?», preguntó Labán. «No me des nada», respondió Jacob. «Volveré a pastorear y a cuidar tu rebaño si tan solo haces esto por mí: 32 déjame pasar por entre todo tu rebaño hoy, apartando de él toda oveja moteada o manchada y todos los corderos negros, y las manchadas o moteadas de entre las cabras, y ese será mi salario(T). 33 Mi honradez[x] responderá por mí el día de mañana, cuando vengas a ver acerca de mi salario[y]. Todo lo que no sea moteado y manchado entre las cabras, y negro entre los corderos, si es hallado conmigo, se considerará robado».

34 Y Labán dijo: «Muy bien, sea[z] conforme a tu palabra».

35 Aquel mismo día apartó Labán los machos cabríos rayados o manchados y todas las cabras moteadas o manchadas, y todo lo que tenía algo de blanco, y de entre los corderos todos los negros, y lo puso todo al cuidado[aa] de sus hijos. 36 Y puso una distancia de tres días de camino entre sí y Jacob; y Jacob apacentaba el resto de los rebaños de Labán.

37 Entonces Jacob tomó[ab] varas verdes de álamo, de almendro y de plátano, y les sacó tiras blancas de la corteza, descubriendo así lo blanco de[ac] las varas. 38 Y colocó las varas que había descortezado delante de los rebaños, en los canales, en los abrevaderos, donde los rebaños venían a beber; y se apareaban[ad] cuando venían a beber. 39 Así se apareaban[ae] los rebaños junto a las varas, y los rebaños tenían crías rayadas, moteadas y manchadas. 40 Jacob apartó los corderos, y puso los rebaños en dirección a[af] lo rayado y a todo lo negro en el rebaño de Labán, y puso su propio rebaño aparte. No lo puso con el rebaño de Labán.

41 Además, cada vez que los más robustos del rebaño se apareaban[ag], Jacob ponía las varas a la vista del rebaño en los canales, para que se aparearan[ah] frente a las varas. 42 Pero cuando el rebaño era débil, no las ponía, de manera que las crías débiles vinieron a ser de Labán y las robustas de Jacob. 43 Así prosperó[ai] el hombre en gran manera, y tuvo grandes rebaños, y siervas y siervos, y camellos y asnos(U).

Footnotes

  1. 30:1 Lit. Raquel tuvo.
  2. 30:2 Lit. retenido.
  3. 30:2 Lit. del.
  4. 30:3 Lit. de ella yo también sea edificada.
  5. 30:6 Lit. juzgado.
  6. 30:6 I.e. Él juzgó.
  7. 30:8 Lit. luchas de Dios.
  8. 30:8 I.e. Mi lucha.
  9. 30:11 Lit. ¡Con fortuna!
  10. 30:11 I.e. Fortuna.
  11. 30:13 Lit. ¡Con mi dicha!
  12. 30:13 I.e. Dichoso.
  13. 30:18 O pago.
  14. 30:18 I.e. Recompensa.
  15. 30:20 Otra posible traducción es: me honrará.
  16. 30:20 I.e. Exaltado.
  17. 30:22 Lit. abrió su matriz.
  18. 30:24 I.e. Él añade.
  19. 30:26 Lit. con que te he servido.
  20. 30:29 Lit. ha estado.
  21. 30:30 Lit. antes de mí.
  22. 30:30 Lit. ha abierto brecha.
  23. 30:30 Lit. a mi pie.
  24. 30:33 Lit. justicia.
  25. 30:33 Lit. mi salario que está delante de ti.
  26. 30:34 Lit. He aquí, ojalá fuera.
  27. 30:35 Lit. en mano.
  28. 30:37 Lit. tomó para sí.
  29. 30:37 Lit. sobre.
  30. 30:38 O concebían.
  31. 30:39 O concebían.
  32. 30:40 Lit. puso la faz de los rebaños hacia.
  33. 30:41 O concebían.
  34. 30:41 O concibieran.
  35. 30:43 Lit. abrió brecha.

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!”

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

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)

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(H) Jacob slept with her,(I) and she became pregnant and bore him a son. 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)

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

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.

30 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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

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.

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

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

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

And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

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

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

10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

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

14 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 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest 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 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 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

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

21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

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

23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

26 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 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

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

29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

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

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

32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

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

35 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 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 And he set the rods which he had pilled 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 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.