Gênesis 30
Nova Versão Transformadora
30 Quando Raquel viu que não dava filhos a Jacó, teve inveja da irmã e implorou a Jacó: “Dê-me filhos, ou morrerei!”.
2 Jacó se enfureceu com Raquel. “Por acaso sou Deus?”, perguntou ele. “Foi ele que não permitiu que você tivesse filhos!”
3 Raquel lhe disse: “Tome minha serva Bila e deite-se com ela. Ela dará à luz filhos em meu lugar[a] e, por meio dela, também terei uma família”. 4 Então Raquel entregou sua serva Bila a Jacó por mulher, e Jacó se deitou com ela. 5 Bila engravidou e deu um filho a Jacó. 6 Raquel o chamou de Dã,[b] pois disse: “Deus me fez justiça! Ouviu meu pedido e me deu um filho!”. 7 Bila engravidou novamente e deu a Jacó o segundo filho. 8 Raquel o chamou de Naftali,[c] pois disse: “Tive uma luta intensa com minha irmã e venci!”.
9 Quando Lia percebeu que tinha parado de engravidar, tomou sua serva Zilpa e a entregou a Jacó por mulher. 10 Pouco tempo depois, Zilpa deu um filho a Jacó. 11 Lia o chamou de Gade,[d] pois disse: “Como sou afortunada!”. 12 Então Zilpa deu a Jacó o segundo filho. 13 Lia o chamou de Aser,[e] pois disse: “Como estou alegre! Agora as outras mulheres celebrarão comigo”.
14 Certo dia, durante a colheita do trigo, Rúben encontrou algumas mandrágoras que cresciam no campo e as trouxe para Lia, sua mãe. Raquel suplicou a Lia: “Por favor, dê-me algumas das mandrágoras de seu filho”.
15 Lia, porém, respondeu: “Não basta ter roubado meu marido? Agora também quer roubar as mandrágoras de meu filho?”.
Raquel propôs: “Em troca de algumas mandrágoras, deixarei que Jacó se deite com você esta noite”.
16 Ao entardecer, quando Jacó estava voltando do campo, Lia foi ao seu encontro e disse: “Esta noite você deve se deitar comigo. Paguei por você com algumas mandrágoras que meu filho encontrou”. Assim, naquela noite Jacó se deitou com Lia. 17 Deus respondeu às orações de Lia, que engravidou novamente e deu a Jacó o quinto filho. 18 Chamou-o de Issacar,[f] pois disse: “Deus me recompensou porque entreguei minha serva por mulher a meu marido”. 19 Lia engravidou outra vez e deu a Jacó o sexto filho. 20 Chamou-o de Zebulom,[g] pois disse: “Deus me deu uma boa recompensa. Agora meu marido me tratará com respeito, porque lhe dei seis filhos”. 21 Depois, Lia deu à luz uma filha e a chamou de Diná.
22 Então Deus se lembrou de Raquel e, em resposta a suas orações, permitiu que ela se tornasse fértil. 23 Ela engravidou e deu à luz um filho. “Deus tirou a minha humilhação”, declarou, 24 e o chamou de José,[h] pois disse: “Que o Senhor me acrescente ainda outro filho!”.
As riquezas de Jacó aumentam
25 Logo depois que Raquel deu à luz José, Jacó disse a Labão: “Por favor, libere-me para que eu volte à minha terra natal. 26 Permita-me levar minhas mulheres e meus filhos, pelos quais o servi, e deixe-me partir. O senhor sabe muito bem como trabalhei arduamente a seu serviço”.
27 Labão respondeu: “Se mereço seu favor, fique. Eu enriqueci, pois[i] o Senhor me abençoou por sua causa. 28 Diga-me qual será seu salário e, qualquer que seja o valor, eu lhe pagarei”.
29 Jacó respondeu: “O senhor sabe como trabalhei arduamente a seu serviço e como seus rebanhos cresceram sob meus cuidados. 30 De fato, o senhor tinha pouco antes de eu chegar, mas sua riqueza aumentou consideravelmente. O Senhor o abençoou por meio de tudo que eu fiz. Mas e quanto a mim? Quando começarei a cuidar de minha própria família?”.
31 “Quanto quer receber de salário?”, perguntou Labão mais uma vez.
Jacó respondeu: “Não me dê coisa alguma. Se o senhor fizer o que lhe direi, continuarei a cuidar de seus rebanhos: 32 deixe-me inspecionar seus rebanhos hoje e remover todas as ovelhas e cabras salpicadas e malhadas, além de todas as ovelhas pretas. Elas serão o meu salário. 33 No futuro, quando o senhor conferir os animais que me deu como salário, verá que fui honesto. Se encontrar em meu rebanho alguma cabra que não seja salpicada ou malhada, ou alguma ovelha que não seja preta, saberá que as roubei do senhor”.
34 “Está bem”, respondeu Labão. “Será como você diz.” 35 Naquele mesmo dia, porém, Labão saiu e tirou do rebanho todos os bodes listrados e malhados, todas as cabras salpicadas e malhadas ou com manchas brancas, e todas as ovelhas pretas. Colocou os animais sob os cuidados de seus filhos, 36 que os levaram a um lugar a três dias de viagem de onde Jacó estava. Assim, Jacó ficou e tomou conta do resto do rebanho de Labão.
37 Então Jacó pegou alguns galhos verdes de álamo, amendoeira e plátano e removeu tiras das cascas, formando listras brancas nos galhos. 38 Em seguida, colocou os galhos descascados junto aos bebedouros onde os rebanhos iam beber água, pois era ali que se acasalavam. 39 Quando se acasalavam diante desses galhos descascados com listras brancas, davam crias listradas, salpicadas e malhadas. 40 Jacó separava esses cordeiros do rebanho de Labão. Na época do cio, colocava o rebanho de frente para os animais listrados e pretos de Labão. Assim, Jacó foi formando seu próprio rebanho, que mantinha separado do de Labão.
41 Sempre que as fêmeas mais fortes estavam no cio, Jacó colocava os galhos descascados nos bebedouros em frente delas, para que se acasalassem diante dos galhos. 42 Não fazia o mesmo, porém, com as fêmeas mais fracas, de modo que as crias mais fracas ficavam com Labão, e as mais fortes, com Jacó. 43 O resultado foi que Jacó se tornou muito rico, dono de grandes rebanhos e também de servos e servas e muitos camelos e jumentos.
Footnotes
- 30.3 Em hebraico, dará à luz nos meus joelhos.
- 30.6 Dã significa “ele julgou” ou “ele vindicou”.
- 30.8 Naftali significa “minha luta”.
- 30.11 Gade significa “boa fortuna”.
- 30.13 Aser significa “feliz”.
- 30.18 O som do nome Issacar é semelhante ao do termo hebraico que significa “recompensa”.
- 30.20 Zebulom provavelmente significa “honra”.
- 30.24 José significa “que ele acrescente”.
- 30.27 Ou Eu descobri por meio de adivinhação que.
Genesis 30
New King James Version
Jacob’s Children
30 Now when Rachel saw that (A)she bore Jacob no children, Rachel (B)envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, (C)or else I die!”
2 And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, (D)“Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3 So she said, “Here is (E)my maid Bilhah; go in to her, (F)and she will bear a child on my knees, (G)that I also may [a]have children by her.” 4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid (H)as wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has (I)judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name [b]Dan. 7 And Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With [c]great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name [d]Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and (J)gave her to Jacob as wife. 10 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, [e]“A troop comes!” So she called his name [f]Gad. 12 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters (K)will call me blessed.” So she called his name [g]Asher.
14 Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, (L)“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 But she said to her, (M)“Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?”
And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, 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.” And he lay with her that night.
17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name [h]Issachar. 19 Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name [i]Zebulun. 21 Afterward she bore a (N)daughter, and called her name [j]Dinah.
22 Then God (O)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (P)opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away (Q)my reproach.” 24 So she called his name [k]Joseph, and said, (R)“The Lord shall add to me another son.”
Jacob’s Agreement with Laban
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, (S)“Send me away, that I may go to (T)my own place and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children (U)for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you.”
27 And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for (V)I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.” 28 Then he said, (W)“Name me your wages, and I will give it.”
29 So Jacob said to him, (X)“You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me. 30 For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the Lord has blessed you [l]since my coming. And now, when shall I also (Y)provide for my own house?”
31 So he said, “What shall I give you?”
And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks: 32 Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and (Z)these shall be my wages. 33 So my (AA)righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me.”
34 And Laban said, “Oh, that it were according to your word!” 35 So he removed that day the male goats that were (AB)speckled and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Now (AC)Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them, and exposed the white which was in the rods. 38 And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; but he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban’s flock.
41 And it came to pass, whenever the stronger livestock conceived, that Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the livestock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 Thus the man (AD)became exceedingly prosperous, and (AE)had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:3 Lit. be built up by her
- Genesis 30:6 Lit. Judge
- Genesis 30:8 Lit. wrestlings of God
- Genesis 30:8 Lit. My Wrestling
- Genesis 30:11 So with Qr., Syr., Tg.; Kt., LXX, Vg. in fortune
- Genesis 30:11 Lit. Troop or Fortune
- Genesis 30:13 Lit. Happy
- Genesis 30:18 Lit. Wages
- Genesis 30:20 Lit. Dwelling
- Genesis 30:21 Lit. Judgment
- Genesis 30:24 Lit. He Will Add
- Genesis 30:30 Lit. at my foot
Genesis 30
King James Version
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.
2 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?
3 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 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 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.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 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.
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