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Ang Kanyang mga Anak

30 Nang makita ni Raquel na hindi siya nagkakaanak kay Jacob ay nainggit siya sa kanyang kapatid, at sinabi niya kay Jacob, “Bigyan mo ako ng mga anak, at kapag hindi ay mamamatay ako!”

Kaya't nag-alab ang galit ni Jacob laban kay Raquel, at sinabi niya, “Ako ba'y nasa kalagayan ng Diyos, na nagkait sa iyo ng bunga ng bahay-bata?”

Sinabi niya, “Narito ang aking alilang si Bilha, sumiping ka sa kanya upang siya'y manganak para sa akin[a] at nang magkaroon din naman ako ng anak sa pamamagitan niya.”

Kaya't ibinigay niya ang kanyang alilang si Bilha bilang isang asawa, at sinipingan siya ni Jacob.

Kaya't naglihi si Bilha at nagkaanak kay Jacob ng isang lalaki.

Sinabi ni Raquel, “Hinatulan ako ng Diyos, pinakinggan din ang aking tinig, at binigyan ako ng anak.” Tinawag niya ang kanyang pangalan na Dan.[b]

Muling naglihi si Bilha na alila ni Raquel at ipinanganak ang kanyang ikalawang anak kay Jacob.

Sinabi ni Raquel, “Ako'y nakipagbuno ng matinding pakikipagbuno sa aking kapatid, at ako'y nagtagumpay.” Kaya't tinawag niya ang kanyang pangalan na Neftali.[c]

Nang makita ni Lea na siya'y huminto na sa panganganak, kinuha niya si Zilpa na kanyang alila at ibinigay kay Jacob bilang asawa.

10 Kaya't si Zilpa na alila ni Lea ay nagkaanak ng isang lalaki kay Jacob.

11 Sinabi ni Lea, “Mabuting kapalaran!” At tinawag niya ang kanyang pangalan na Gad.[d]

12 Ipinanganak ni Zilpa na alila ni Lea ang kanyang ikalawang anak kay Jacob.

13 At sinabi ni Lea, “Maligaya na ako! Tatawagin akong maligaya ng mga babae.” At tinawag niya ang kanyang pangalan na Aser.[e]

14 Nang panahon ng paggapas ng trigo humayo si Ruben at nakatagpo ng mandragora sa bukid, at dinala ang mga iyon kay Lea na kanyang ina. At sinabi ni Raquel kay Lea, “Sana bigyan mo ako ng ilang mandragora ng iyong anak.”

15 At kanyang sinabi, “Maliit pa bang bagay na kinuha mo ang aking asawa? Ibig mo pa rin bang kunin ang mga mandragora ng aking anak?” Sinabi ni Raquel, “Kaya't sisiping siya sa iyo ngayong gabi para sa mga mandragora ng iyong anak.”

16 Nang dumating si Jacob mula sa bukid noong hapon, sinalubong siya ni Lea at sinabi sa kanya, “Sa akin ka dapat sumiping sapagkat ikaw ay aking inupahan sa pamamagitan ng mga mandragora ng aking anak.” At sumiping nga siya sa kanya ng gabing iyon.

17 Kaya't pinakinggan ng Diyos si Lea at siya'y naglihi at ipinanganak kay Jacob ang ikalimang anak.

18 Sinabi ni Lea, “Ibinigay sa akin ng Diyos ang aking iniupa, sapagkat ibinigay ko ang aking alila sa aking asawa.” At tinawag niya ang kanyang pangalan na Isacar.[f]

19 Muling naglihi si Lea at kanyang ipinanganak kay Jacob ang ikaanim na anak.

20 At sinabi ni Lea, “Binigyan ako ng Diyos ng isang mabuting kaloob. Ngayo'y pararangalan ako ng aking asawa, sapagkat nagkaanak ako sa kanya ng anim na lalaki.” At tinawag niya ang kanyang pangalan na Zebulon.[g]

21 Pagkatapos ay nanganak siya ng babae, at tinawag ang kanyang pangalan na Dina.

22 Inalala ng Diyos si Raquel, at pinakinggan siya at binuksan ang kanyang bahay-bata.

23 Siya'y naglihi at nanganak ng lalaki at kanyang sinabi, “Inalis ng Diyos sa akin ang aking pagiging kahiyahiya.”

24 At kanyang tinawag ang pangalan niya na Jose,[h] na sinasabi, “Nawa'y dagdagan pa ako ng Panginoon ng isang anak.”

Nakiusap si Jacob kay Laban

25 Nang maipanganak na ni Raquel si Jose, sinabi ni Jacob kay Laban, “Hayaan mo na akong umalis upang ako'y makapunta sa aking sariling lugar at sa aking lupain.

26 Ibigay mo sa akin ang aking mga asawa at ang aking mga anak, na siyang dahilan ng paglilingkod ko sa iyo, at hayaan mo akong umalis sapagkat nalalaman mo ang paglilingkod na ibinigay ko sa iyo.”

27 Subalit sinabi sa kanya ni Laban, “Kung ipahihintulot mong sabihin ko, aking natutunan sa pamamagitan ng panghuhula na pinagpala ako ng Panginoon dahil sa iyo.”

28 At kanyang sinabi, “Sabihin mo sa akin ang iyong upa, at ibibigay ko sa iyo.”

29 Sinabi ni Jacob[i] sa kanya, “Nalalaman mo kung paano akong naglingkod sa iyo, at kung anong naging kalagayan ng iyong mga hayop nang dahil sa akin.

30 Sapagkat kakaunti ang ari-arian mo bago ako dumating, at ito ay dumami nang sagana. Pinagpala ka ng Panginoon saan man ako bumaling; at ngayo'y kailan naman ako maghahanda ng para sa aking sariling bahay?”

31 Sinabi sa kanya, “Anong ibibigay ko sa iyo?” At sinabi ni Jacob, “Huwag mo akong bigyan ng anuman. Kung gagawin mo ang bagay na ito para sa akin, muli kong pakakainin at aalagaan ang iyong kawan.

32 Dadaan ako sa lahat mong kawan ngayon, at aking aalisin doon ang lahat ng tupa na batik-batik at may dungis, at ang bawat maitim na tupa, at ang may dungis at batik-batik sa mga kambing, at sila ang aking magiging upa.

33 Kaya't ang aking katapatan ay sasagot para sa akin sa huli, kapag ikaw ay dumating upang tingnan ang upa mo sa akin. Ang lahat na walang batik at walang dungis sa mga kambing, at hindi maitim sa mga tupa na matatagpuan mo sa akin, ay ituturing mong nakaw.”

34 At sinabi ni Laban, “Mabuti! Mangyari sana ayon sa iyong sinabi.”

35 Subalit nang araw ding iyon, ibinukod ni Laban ang mga lalaking kambing na may batik at dungis, at ang lahat ng babaing kambing na may batik at may dungis, lahat ng mayroong kaunting puti, at lahat ng tupa na maitim, at pinaalagaan sa kanyang mga anak.

36 Siya'y nagtakda ng agwat na tatlong araw na lakarin sa pagitan niya at ni Jacob, habang pinakain ni Jacob ang nalabi sa mga kawan ni Laban.

37 Pagkatapos ay kumuha si Jacob ng mga sariwang sanga ng alamo, almendro, at kastano, at binalatan ng mga batik na mapuputi, at kanyang pinalitaw na gayon ang puti na nasa mga sanga.

38 Inilagay niya ang mga sangang kanyang binalatan sa harapan ng kawan, sa mga painuman, na pinupuntahan ng mga kawan upang uminom. At yamang sila'y nagtatalik kapag pumupunta upang uminom,

39 ang mga kawan ay nagsisiping sa harap ng mga sanga kaya't ang kawan ay nagkaanak ng mga may guhit, may batik at may dungis.

40 Ibinukod ni Jacob ang mga tupa at inihaharap ang kawan sa mga may batik, at lahat ng maitim sa kawan ni Laban; kanyang ibinukod ang kanya at hindi isinama sa kawan ni Laban.

41 Sa tuwing magtatalik ang mga mas malalakas sa kawan, inilalagay ni Jacob ang mga sanga sa harapan ng mga kawan, sa mga painuman, upang sila'y magsiping sa gitna ng mga sanga.

42 Subalit kapag ang kawan ay mahina, hindi niya inilalagay ang mga ito, kaya't ang mahihina ay nagiging kay Laban at ang malalakas ay kay Jacob.

43 Kaya't si Jacob[j] ay naging napakayaman at nagkaroon ng malalaking kawan, mga aliping babae at lalaki, mga kamelyo at mga asno.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:3 Sa Hebreo ay manganak sa ibabaw ng aking mga tuhod .
  2. Genesis 30:6 Ibig sabihin ay hinatulan .
  3. Genesis 30:8 Ibig sabihin ay nakipagbuno .
  4. Genesis 30:11 Ibig sabihin ay kapalaran .
  5. Genesis 30:13 Ibig sabihin ay masaya .
  6. Genesis 30:18 Ibig sabihin ay upa .
  7. Genesis 30:20 Ibig sabihin ay pararangalan .
  8. Genesis 30:24 Ibig sabihin ay nagdaragdag .
  9. Genesis 30:29 Sa Hebreo ay niya .
  10. Genesis 30:43 Sa Hebreo ay ang lalaki .

30 Rachel saw that she was not giving Jacob any children. She became jealous of her sister Leah. So Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die!”

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “I am not God. He is the one who has caused you to not have children.”

Then Rachel said, “You can have my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her, and she will have a child for me.[a] Then I can be a mother through her.”

So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. He had sexual relations with Bilhah. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.

Rachel said, “God has listened to my prayer. He decided to give me a son.” So she named this son Dan.[b]

Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son. Rachel said, “I have fought hard to compete with my sister, and I have won.” So she named that son Naphtali.[c]

Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob. 10 Then Zilpah had a son. 11 Leah said, “I am lucky.” So she named the son Gad.[d] 12 Zilpah gave birth to another son. 13 Leah said, “I am very happy! Now women will call me happy.” So she named that son Asher.[e]

14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found some special flowers.[f] He brought them to his mother Leah. But Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s flowers.”

15 Leah answered, “You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son’s flowers.”

But Rachel answered, “If you will give me your son’s flowers, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”

16 Jacob came in from the fields that night. Leah saw him and went out to meet him. She said, “You will sleep with me tonight. I have paid for you with my son’s flowers.” So Jacob slept with Leah that night.

17 Then God allowed Leah to become pregnant again. She gave birth to a fifth son. 18 She said, “God has given me a reward because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named her son Issachar.[g]

19 Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son. 20 She said, “God has given me a fine gift. Now surely Jacob will accept me, because I have given him six sons.” So she named this son Zebulun.[h]

21 Later, Leah gave birth to a daughter. She named her Dinah.

22 Then God heard Rachel’s prayer and made it possible for Rachel to have children. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has taken away my shame.” 24 Rachel named the son Joseph,[i] saying, “May the Lord give me another son.”

Jacob Tricks Laban

25 After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now let me go back to my own homeland. 26 Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you. You know that I served you well.”

27 Laban said to him, “Please, let me say something. I know[j] that the Lord has blessed me because of you. 28 Tell me what I should pay you, and I will give it to you.”

29 Jacob answered, “You know that I have worked hard for you. Your flocks have grown and been well while I cared for them. 30 When I came, you had little. Now you have much, much more. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. Now it is time for me to work for myself—it is time to do things for my family.”

31 Laban asked, “Then what should I give you?”

Jacob answered, “I don’t want you to give me anything! I only want you to let me do this one thing: I will go back and take care of your sheep. 32 But let me go through all your flocks today and take every lamb with spots or stripes. Let me take every black young goat and every female goat with stripes or spots. That will be my pay. 33 In the future you can easily see if I am honest. You can come to look at my flocks. If I have any goat that isn’t spotted or any sheep that isn’t black, you will know that I stole it.”

34 Laban answered, “I agree to that. We will do what you ask.” 35 But that day Laban hid all the male goats that had spots. And he hid all the female goats that had spots on them. He also hid all the black sheep. Laban told his sons to watch these sheep. 36 So the sons took all the spotted animals and led them to another place. They traveled for three days. Jacob stayed and took care of all the animals that were left.

37 Then Jacob cut green branches from poplar and almond trees. He stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them. 38 He put the branches in front of the flocks at the watering places. When the animals came to drink, they also mated in that place. 39 Then when the goats mated in front of the branches, the young that were born were spotted, striped, or black.

40 Jacob separated the spotted and the black animals from the other animals in the flock. He kept his animals separate from Laban’s. 41 Any time the stronger animals in the flock were mating, Jacob put the branches before their eyes. The animals mated near those branches. 42 But when the weaker animals mated, Jacob did not put the branches there. So the young animals born from the weak animals were Laban’s. And the young animals born from the stronger animals were Jacob’s. 43 In this way Jacob became very rich. He had large flocks, many servants, camels, and donkeys.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:3 she will have a child for me Literally, “she will give birth on my knees, and I, too, will have a son through her.”
  2. Genesis 30:6 Dan This is like the Hebrew word meaning “to decide” or “to judge.”
  3. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali This is like the Hebrew word meaning “my struggle.”
  4. Genesis 30:11 Gad This is like the Hebrew word meaning “lucky” or “fortunate.”
  5. Genesis 30:13 Asher This is like the Hebrew word meaning “blessed” or “happy.”
  6. Genesis 30:14 special flowers Or “mandrakes.” The Hebrew word means “love plant.” People thought these plants could help women have babies.
  7. Genesis 30:18 Issachar This is like the Hebrew word meaning “reward” or “salary.”
  8. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun This is like the Hebrew word meaning “praise” or “honor.”
  9. Genesis 30:24 Joseph This is like the Hebrew word meaning “to add.”
  10. Genesis 30:27 know Or “guessed,” “divined,” or “concluded.”

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.