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.
Genesis 30
Good News Translation
30 But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children.”
3 She said, “Here is my slave Bilhah; sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. In this way I can become a mother through her.” 4 So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her. 5 Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, “God has judged in my favor. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son”; so she named him Dan.[a] 7 Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Rachel said, “I have fought a hard fight with my sister, but I have won”; so she named him Naphtali.[b]
9 When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife. 10 Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Leah said, “I have been lucky”; so she named him Gad.[c] 12 Zilpah bore Jacob another son, 13 and Leah said, “How happy I am! Now women will call me happy”; so she named him Asher.[d]
14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes,[e] which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.”
15 Leah answered, “Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you are even trying to take away my son's mandrakes.”
Rachel said, “If you will give me your son's mandrakes, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”
16 When Jacob came in from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You are going to sleep with me tonight, because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes.” So he had intercourse with her that night.
17 God answered Leah's prayer, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband”; so she named her son Issachar.[f] 19 Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 She said, “God has given me a fine gift. Now my husband will accept me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she named him Zebulun.[g] 21 Later she bore a daughter, whom she named Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has taken away my disgrace by giving me a son. 24 May the Lord give me another son”; so she named him Joseph.[h]
Jacob's Bargain with Laban
25 After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me go, so that I can return home. 26 Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you.”
27 Laban said to him, “Let me say this: I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you. 28 Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 Jacob answered, “You know how I have worked for you and how your flocks have prospered under my care. 30 The little you had before I came has grown enormously, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I went.[i] Now it is time for me to look out for my own interests.”
31 “What shall I pay you?” Laban asked.
Jacob answered, “I don't want any wages. I will continue to take care of your flocks if you agree to this suggestion: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and take every black lamb[j] and every spotted or speckled young goat. That is all the wages I want. 33 In the future you can easily find out if I have been honest. When you come to check up on my wages, if I have any goat that isn't speckled or spotted or any sheep that isn't black, you will know that it has been stolen.”
34 Laban answered, “Agreed. We will do as you suggest.” 35 But that day Laban removed the male goats that had stripes or spots and all the females that were speckled and spotted or which had white on them; he also removed all the black sheep. He put his sons in charge of them, 36 and then went away from Jacob with this flock as far as he could travel in three days. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 Jacob got green branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them. 38 He placed these branches in front of the flocks at their drinking troughs. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink. 39 So when the goats bred in front of the branches, they produced young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
40 Jacob kept the sheep separate from the goats and made them face in the direction of the streaked and black animals of Laban's flock. In this way he built up his own flock and kept it apart from Laban's.
41 When the healthy animals were mating, Jacob put the branches in front of them at the drinking troughs, so that they would breed among the branches. 42 But he did not put the branches in front of the weak animals. Soon Laban had all the weak animals, and Jacob all the healthy ones. 43 In this way Jacob became very wealthy. He had many flocks, slaves, camels, and donkeys.
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:6 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “judge in favor.”
- Genesis 30:8 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “fight.”
- Genesis 30:11 This name in Hebrew means “luck.”
- Genesis 30:13 This name in Hebrew means “happy.”
- Genesis 30:14 Plants which were believed to produce fertility and were used as love charms.
- Genesis 30:18 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “a man is hired” and “there is reward.”
- Genesis 30:20 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “accept” and “gift.”
- Genesis 30:24 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “may he give another” and “he has taken away.”
- Genesis 30:30 wherever I went; or because of me.
- Genesis 30:32 One ancient translation every black lamb; Hebrew every spotted and speckled lamb, and every black lamb.
1 Mose 30
Schlachter 1951
Rahel und Jakob
30 Als aber Rahel sah, daß sie dem Jakob keine Kinder gebar, wurde sie eifersüchtig auf ihre Schwester und sprach zu Jakob: Schaffe mir auch Kinder, wo nicht, so sterbe ich.
2 Jakob aber wurde sehr zornig auf Rahel und sprach: Bin ich denn an Gottes Statt, der dir Leibesfrucht versagt?
3 Sie aber sprach: Siehe, da ist meine Magd Bilha, komm zu ihr, daß sie in meinen Schoß gebäre, und ich doch durch sie Nachkommen erhalte!
4 Und sie gab ihm ihre Magd Bilha zur Frau, und Jakob kam zu ihr. 5 Bilha aber empfing und gebar dem Jakob einen Sohn. 6 Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat mir Recht verschafft und meine Stimme erhört und mir einen Sohn gegeben; darum hieß sie ihn Dan[a].
7 Und Bilha, die Magd Rahels, empfing abermal und gebar dem Jakob einen zweiten Sohn. 8 Da sprach Rahel: Ich habe mit meiner Schwester gerungen, als ränge ich mit Gott, und habe auch gewonnen! Darum hieß sie ihn Naphtali[b].
9 Als nun Lea sah, daß sie innehielt mit Gebären, nahm sie ihre Magd Silpa und gab sie Jakob zur Frau. 10 Und Silpa, Leas Magd, gebar dem Jakob einen Sohn. 11 Da sprach Lea: Ich habe Glück! und hieß ihn Gad[c].
12 Darnach gebar Silpa, Leas Magd, dem Jakob einen zweiten Sohn. 13 Da sprach Lea: Die Töchter werden mich glücklich preisen! Und sie hieß ihn Asser[d].
14 Ruben aber ging aus zur Zeit der Weizenernte und fand Liebesäpfel auf dem Feld und brachte sie heim zu seiner Mutter Lea. Da sprach Rahel zu Lea: Gib mir einen Teil der Liebesäpfel deines Sohnes!
15 Sie antwortete ihr: Ist das ein Geringes, daß du mir meinen Mann genommen hast? Und willst du auch die Liebesäpfel meines Sohnes nehmen? Rahel sprach: Er soll dafür diese Nacht bei dir schlafen zum Entgelt für die Liebesäpfel deines Sohnes!
16 Als nun Jakob am Abend vom Feld kam, ging ihm Lea entgegen und sprach: Du sollst zu mir kommen, denn ich habe dich erkauft um die Liebesäpfel meines Sohnes. Und er schlief in jener Nacht bei ihr.
17 Und Gott erhörte Lea, und sie empfing und gebar dem Jakob den fünften Sohn. 18 Da sprach Lea: Gott hat mir gelohnt, daß ich meinem Mann meine Magd gegeben habe, und hieß ihn Issaschar[e].
19 Lea empfing abermal und gebar dem Jakob den sechsten Sohn. 20 Und Lea sprach: Gott hat mich mit einer guten Gabe beschenkt! Nun wird mein Mann wieder bei mir wohnen, denn ich habe ihm sechs Söhne geboren, und sie hieß ihn Sebulon[f].
21 Darnach gebar sie eine Tochter, welche sie Dina[g] hieß.
22 Aber Gott gedachte an Rahel, und Gott erhörte ihr Gebet und machte sie fruchtbar. 23 Und sie empfing und gebar einen Sohn und sprach: Gott hat meine Schmach von mir genommen! 24 Und sie hieß ihn Joseph[h] und sprach: Gott wolle mir noch einen Sohn dazu geben!
Jakobs Reichtum nimmt zu
25 Da nun Rahel den Joseph geboren hatte, sprach Jakob zu Laban: Entlasse mich, daß ich an meinen Ort und in mein Land ziehe! 26 Gib mir meine Frauen und Kinder, um welche ich dir gedient habe, daß ich gehen kann! Denn du weißt, welche Dienste ich dir geleistet habe.
27 Laban antwortete: Ach, daß ich doch in deinen Augen Gnade fände! Ich habe es geahnt; und doch hat mich der Herr um deinetwillen gesegnet. 28 Und er sprach: Bestimme mir deinen Lohn, so will ich ihn dir geben!
29 Jakob sprach: Du weißt, wie ich dir gedient habe, und was aus deinem Vieh unter meiner Pflege geworden ist. 30 Denn es war wenig, was du vor meiner Ankunft hattest, nun aber ist viel daraus geworden, und der Herr hat dich gesegnet, wo ich hingekommen bin; und nun, wann soll ich auch für mein Haus sorgen?
31 Er sprach: Was soll ich dir denn geben?
Jakob sprach: Du brauchst mir gar nichts zu geben! Wenn du mir nur tun willst, was ich jetzt sage, so will ich deine Herden wieder weiden. 32 Ich will heute durch alle deine Herden gehen, und du sollst daraus absondern alle gesprenkelten und gefleckten Schafe, auch alle schwarzen Schafe unter den Lämmern und alle gefleckten und gesprenkelten Ziegen; und das soll mein Lohn sein. 33 So wird alsdann meine Gerechtigkeit für mich sprechen am künftigen Tag vor deinen Augen, wenn du zu meinem Lohn kommst; alles, was weder gesprenkelt noch gefleckt ist unter den Ziegen und was nicht schwarz ist unter den Lämmern bei mir, das soll als gestohlen gelten.
34 Da sprach Laban: Gut, es sei so, wie du gesagt hast! 35 Und er sonderte noch am gleichen Tag die gestreiften und gefleckten Böcke aus und alle gesprenkelten Ziegen, alles, woran etwas Weißes war, und alles, was schwarz war unter den Lämmern, und tat es unter die Hand seiner Söhne. 36 Und er machte einen Abstand von drei Tagereisen zwischen sich und Jakob; dieser aber weidete die übrigen Schafe Labans.
37 Da nahm Jakob frische Ruten von Pappeln, Mandel-und Platanenbäumen und schälte weiße Streifen daran, indem er das Weiße an den Ruten bloßlegte; 38 und legte die Ruten, die er abgeschält hatte, in die Tränkrinnen, wohin die Schafe zum Trinken kamen, gerade vor die Schafe hin. 39 Wenn sie dann beim Kommen zur Tränke brünstig wurden, so empfingen sie angesichts der Ruten und warfen Gestreifte, Gesprenkelte und Gefleckte. 40 Die Lämmer aber sonderte Jakob ab und richtete das Angesicht der Schafe gegen die gefleckten und schwarzen in der Herde Labans; und er machte sich besondere Herden und tat sie nicht zu Labans Schafen. 41 Und jedesmal, wenn die Zeit kam, wo die kräftigen Schafe brünstig wurden, legte
Jakob die Ruten in die Tränkrinnen vor die Augen der Schafe, damit sie über den Ruten empfingen; 42 wenn aber die Schwachen brünstig wurden, legte er sie nicht hinein. So erhielt Laban die schwachen und Jakob die starken.
43 Und der Mann wurde außerordentlich reich und bekam viele Schafe, Knechte und Mägde, Kamele und Esel.
Footnotes
- 1 Mose 30:6 Dan, bed. Richter, Rechtschaffen
- 1 Mose 30:8 Naphtali bed. der Erkämpfte
- 1 Mose 30:11 Gad bed. Glück
- 1 Mose 30:13 Asser bed, Seligpreisung
- 1 Mose 30:18 Issaschar bed. es gibt Lohn
- 1 Mose 30:20 Sebulon bed. Wohnung
- 1 Mose 30:21 Dina bed. Gericht
- 1 Mose 30:24 Joseph bed. er fügt hinzu
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