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30 And when Rachel saw that she did not bear [banim] to Ya’akov, Rachel had kina toward her achot; and said unto Ya’akov, Give me banim, or else I die.

² And af Ya’akov was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in place of Elohim, Who hath withheld from thee p’ri beten?

³ And she said, Hinei my amah (maidservant) Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my birkayim, that I may also build up through her.

⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her shifchah (slave woman, maidservant) as isha; and Ya’akov went in unto her.

⁵ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Ya’akov ben.

⁶ And Rachel said, Elohim danani (G-d hath judged me), and hath also heard my voice, and hath given to me ben: therefore called she shmo Dan.

⁷ And Bilhah shifchat Rachel conceived again, and bore Ya’akov ben sheni.

⁸ And Rachel said, With naftulei Elohim niflalti (with wrestlings of G-d have I wrestled) with my achot, and I have prevailed: and she called shmo Naphtali.

⁹ When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her shifchah, and gave her to Ya’akov as isha.

¹⁰ And Zilpah shifchat Leah bore Ya’akov ben.

¹¹ And Leah said, BaGad (What Good Fortune!) And she called shmo Gad.

¹² And Zilpah shifchat Leah bore Ya’akov ben sheni.

¹³ And Leah said, B’Ashri (Happy am I), for the banot will call me asher (blessed): so she called shmo Asher.

¹⁴ And Reuven went in the yemei ketzir chittim, and found duda’im (mandrakes) in the sadeh, and brought them unto Leah immo. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, now, of the duda’im of thy ben.

¹⁵ And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my ish? And wouldest thou take away the duda’im of beni also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee halailah (tonight) for the duda’im of thy ben.

¹⁶ And Ya’akov came in from the sadeh ba’erev, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with duda’im of beni. And he lay with her that night.

¹⁷ And Elohim paid heed unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Ya’akov ben chamishi.

¹⁸ And Leah said, Elohim hath given me my hire, because I have given my shifchah to my ish; and she called shmo Yissakhar.

¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bore Ya’akov ben shishi.

²⁰ And Leah said, Elohim hath endued me with a zeved tov (good endowment); now will my ish zabal (honor) me, because I have born him shisha banim; and she called shmo Zevulun.

²¹ And afterwards she bore a bat, and called her shem Dinah.

²² And Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim paid heed to her, and opened her rekhem (womb).

²³ And she conceived, and bore ben; and said, Elohim hath taken away my cherpah (shame, disgrace, reproach);

²⁴ And she called shmo Yosef; and said, yosef (may He add), may Hashem add me ben acher (another son).

²⁵ And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Yosef, that Ya’akov said unto Lavan, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own makom (place, home) and to my eretz.

²⁶ Give me my nashim and my yeladim, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my avodah which I have done thee.

²⁷ And Lavan said unto him, Now, if I have found chen (favor, grace) in thine eyes, tarry; for I have learned by nachash (divination) that Hashem hath made a brocha upon me for thy sake.

²⁸ And he said, Specify thy sachar (wages, reward), and I will pay it.

²⁹ And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy mikneh fared with me

³⁰ For it was me’at (little) which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and Hashem hath made a brocha upon thee since my coming; and now when shall I do for mine own bais also?

³¹ And he said, What shall I give thee? And Ya’akov said, Thou shalt not give me any thing; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend and be shomer over thy tzon.

³² I will pass through all thy tzon today, removing from there speckled and spotted seh, and every dark seh among the kesavim, and the spotted and speckled among the izzim; and of such shall be my sachar.

³³ So shall my tzedakah answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my sachar before thy face; every one that is not speckled and spotted among the izzim, and dark among the kesavim, that shall be counted a ganav’s with me.

³⁴ And Lavan said, Agreed, I would it might be according to thy davar.

³⁵ And he removed that day the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the izzim that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some lavan in it, and all the dark among the kesavim, and gave them into the yad of his banim.

³⁶ And he set a derech shloshet yamim between himself and Ya’akov; and Ya’akov tended the rest of the tzon Lavan.

³⁷ And Ya’akov took him fresh cut makal (rod, branch) of poplar and of almond and plane tree; and peeled strips of bark in them, and made the lavan (white) appear which was in the maklot (rods, branches).

³⁸ And he set the maklot which he had peeled before the flocks in the small channels of the shikatot mayim (watering troughs) when the tzon came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,

³⁹ And the flocks bred before the maklot, and brought forth tzon streaked, speckled, and spotted.

⁴⁰ And Ya’akov did separate the kesavim, and set the faces of the tzon toward the streaked, and all the dark in the tzon Lavan; and he put his own adarim (flocks) by themselves, and put them not unto the tzon Lavan.

⁴¹ And it came to pass, whensoever tzon hamekusharot (the stronger flock) did breed, that Ya’akov set the maklot before the eyes of the tzon in the trough channels, that they might breed among the maklot.

⁴² But when the tzon were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler would belong to Lavan, and the stronger to Ya’akov.

⁴³ And the ish increased exceedingly, and had much tzon, and shefachot, and avadim, and gemalim, and chamorim.

31 And he heard the divrei Bnei Lavan, saying, Ya’akov hath taken away all that belonged to avinu; and of that which belonged to avinu hath he gotten all this kavod.

² And Ya’akov beheld the countenance of Lavan, and, hinei, it was not toward him as before.

³ And Hashem said unto Ya’akov, Shuv el Eretz Avoteicha! And to thy moledet; and I will be with thee.

⁴ And Ya’akov sent and called Rachel and Leah to the sadeh unto his tzon,

⁵ And said unto them, I see penei avichen, that it is not toward me as before; but Elohei Avi is with me.

⁶ And ye know that with all my koach I have served avichen.

⁷ And avichen hath deceived me, and changed my sachar aseret monim but Elohim allowed him not to harm me.

⁸ If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy sachar; then all the tzon bore speckled; and if he said thus, The streaked shall be thy sachar; then bore all the tzon streaked.

⁹ Thus Elohim hath taken away the mikneh of your av, and given them to me.

¹⁰ And it came to pass at the time that the tzon breed, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a chalom, and, hinei, the male goats mounting the tzon were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

¹¹ And the Malach HaElohim spoke unto me in a chalom saying, Ya’akov: And I said, Hineni.

¹² And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the male goats leaping upon the tzon are streaked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Lavan doeth unto thee.

¹³ I am HaEl Beit-El, where thou anointedst a matzevah (pillar), and where thou vowedst a neder (vow) unto Me: now arise, get thee out from HaAretz Hazot, and return unto thy eretz moledet.

¹⁴ And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any chelek or nachalah for us in bais avinu?

¹⁵ Are we not regarded by him nokhriyyot (foreigners, strangers)? For he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our kesef.

¹⁶ For all the oisher Elohim hath taken from avinu, that belongs to us and baneinu; so then, whatsoever Elohim hath said unto thee, do.

¹⁷ Then Ya’akov rose up, and set his banim and his nashim upon the gemalim;

¹⁸ And he drove all his mikneh, and all his goods which he had gotten, the mikneh of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, for to go to Yitzchak aviv in Eretz Kena’an.

¹⁹ And Lavan went to shear his tzon; and Rachel had stolen the terafim that belong to her av.

²⁰ Unawares to Lavan HaArami, Ya’akov stole away, in that he told him not that he was fleeing.

²¹ So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the Nahar [i.e. the Euphrates], and set his face toward Har Gil’ad.

²² And it was told Lavan on Yom HaShlishi that Ya’akov was fled.

²³ And he took his achim with him, and pursued after him derech shivat yamim; and they overtook him at Har Gil‘ad.

²⁴ And Elohim came to Lavan HaArami in a chalom halailah, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Ya’akov either tov or rah.

²⁵ Then Lavan overtook Ya’akov. Now Ya’akov had pitched his ohel on the har; and Lavan with his achim encamped in Har Gil‘ad.

²⁶ And Lavan said to Ya’akov, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my banot, like shevuyot (captives) taken with the cherev?

²⁷ Why didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with simchah, and with shirim (songs), with tof (timbrel, tambourine) and with kinnor (harp)?

²⁸ And hast not allowed me to kiss my banim (grandchildren) and my banot? Thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

²⁹ It is in the power of my yad to do you rah; but Elohei Avichem spoke unto me emesh (last night), saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Ya’akov either tov or rah.

³⁰ And now, though thou had to go, because thou greatly longedst after bais avicha, yet why hast thou stolen elohai?

³¹ And Ya’akov answered and said to Lavan, Because I was afraid; for I said, Thou wouldest take by force thy banot from me.

³² With whomsoever thou findest eloheicha, let him not live; before acheinu discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Ya’akov knew not that Rachel had played the ganav with them.

³³ And Lavan went into the ohel Ya’akov, and into the ohel Leah and into the ohel shtei ha’amahot; but he found them not. Then went he out of the ohel Leah, and entered into the ohel Rachel.

³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the terafim, and put them in the saddle of the gamal, and sat upon them. And Lavan searched all the ohel, but found them not.

³⁵ And she said to her av, Let it not displease adoni that I cannot rise up in thy presence; for the derech nashim is upon me. And he searched but found not the terafim.

³⁶ And Ya’akov was in wrath, and upbraided Lavan: and Ya’akov answered and said to Lavan, What is my peysha? What is my chattat, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

³⁷ Whereas thou hast searched through all that I own, what hast thou found of all thy kelei bais? Set it here before my achim and thy achim, that they may judge between us both.

³⁸ These esrim shanah have I been with thee; recheleicha (thy ewes) and thy female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy tzon have I not eaten.

³⁹ That which was terefah (torn of beasts) I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my yad didst thou require it, whether stolen by yom, or stolen by lailah.

⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the yom the chorev (heat) consumed me, and the kerach (cold) by lailah; and my sheynah (sleep) departed from mine eyes.

⁴¹ Thus have I been esrim shanah in thy bais; I served thee arba-esreh shanah for thy two banot, and shesh shanim for thy tzon: and thou hast changed my sachar aseret monim.

⁴² Except Elohei Avi, Elohei Avraham, and the Pachad of Yitzchak had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty handed. Elohim hath seen mine oni and the toil of my palms, and rebuked thee emesh (last night).

⁴³ And Lavan answered and said unto Ya’akov, These banot are my banot, and these banim are my banim, and this tzon is my tzon, and all that thou seest is mine; yet what can I do today about these my banot, or about their banim which they have born?

⁴⁴ Now therefore come thou, let us cut a brit, I and thou; and let it be for an ed between me and thee.

⁴⁵ And Ya’akov took an even, and set it up for a matzevah (pillar).

⁴⁶ And Ya’akov said unto his achim, Gather avanim; and they took avanim, and made a gal (heap, mound); and they did eat there upon the gal.

⁴⁷ And Lavan called it Yegar Sahaduta; but Ya’akov called it Gale’ed ("Heap of Witness").

⁴⁸ And Lavan said, This gal (heap, mound) is an ed (witness) between me and thee this day. Therefore was shmo called Gale’ed;

⁴⁹ And Mitzpah (Watch); for he said, Hashem watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

⁵⁰ If thou shalt afflict my banot, or if thou shalt take nashim besides my banot, no man is with us; see, Elohim ed beini uveinecha (Elohim is witness between me and you).

⁵¹ And Lavan said to Ya’akov, Hinei this gal (heap, mound), and hinei the matzevah (pillar), which I have cast between me and thee;

⁵² This gal (heap, mound) be ed (witness), and this matzevah (pillar) be edah (witness), that for ra’ah I will not pass over this gal to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this gal and this matzevah unto me.

⁵³ The Elohei Avraham, and Elohei Nachor, Elohei Avihem judge between us. And Ya’akov swore by the Pachad Aviv Yitzchak.

⁵⁴ Then Ya’akov offered zavach upon the har, and called his achim to eat lechem; and they did eat lechem, and tarried all night on the har.

⁵⁵ And early in the boker (morning) Lavan rose up, and kissed his banim and his banot, and made on them a brocha; and Lavan departed, and returned unto his makom.