Genesis 29

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1 After Jacob resumed his journey, he came to the land of the Easterners.	1 ثم رفع يعقوب رجليه وذهب الى ارض بني المشرق.
2 Looking about, he saw a well in the open country, with three droves of sheep huddled near it, for droves were watered from that well. A large stone covered the mouth of the well.	2 ونظر واذا في الحقل بئر وهناك ثلاثة قطعان غنم رابضة عندها. لانهم كانوا من تلك البئر يسقون القطعان. والحجر على فم البئر كان كبيرا.
3 Only when all the shepherds were assembled there could they roll the stone away from the mouth of the well and water the flocks. Then they would put the stone back again over the mouth of the well.	3 فكان يجتمع الى هناك جميع القطعان فيدحرجون الحجر عن فم البئر ويسقون الغنم. ثم يردون الحجر على فم البئر الى مكانه.
4 Jacob said to them, "Friends, where are you from?" "We are from Haran," they replied.	4 فقال لهم يعقوب يا اخوتي من اين انتم. فقالوا نحن من حاران.
5 Then he asked them, "Do you know Laban, son of Nahor?" "We do," they answered.	5 فقال لهم هل تعرفون لابان ابن ناحور. فقالوا نعرفه.
6 He inquired further, "Is he well?" "He is," they answered; "and here comes his daughter Rachel with his flock."	6 فقال لهم هل له سلامة. فقالوا له سلامة. وهوذا راحيل ابنته آتية مع الغنم.
7 Then he said: "There is still much daylight left; it is hardly the time to bring the animals home. Why don't you water the flocks now, and then continue pasturing them?"	7 فقال هوذا النهار بعد طويل. ليس وقت اجتماع المواشي. اسقوا الغنم واذهبوا ارعوا.
8 "We cannot," they replied, "until all the shepherds are here to roll the stone away from the mouth of the well; only then can we water the flocks."	8 فقالوا لا نقدر حتى تجتمع جميع القطعان ويدحرجوا الحجر عن فم البئر. ثم نسقي الغنم
9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep; she was the one who tended them.	9 واذ هو بعد يتكلم معهم اتت راحيل مع غنم ابيها. لانها كانت ترعى.
10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, with the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went up, rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well, and watered his uncle's sheep.	10 فكان لما ابصر يعقوب راحيل بنت لابان خاله وغنم لابان خاله ان يعقوب تقدم ودحرج الحجر عن فم البئر وسقى غنم لابان خاله.
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and burst into tears.	11 وقبّل يعقوب راحيل ورفع صوته وبكى.
12 He told her that he was her father's relative, Rebekah's son, and she ran to tell her father.	12 واخبر يعقوب راحيل انه اخو ابيها وانه ابن رفقة. فركضت واخبرت اباها.
13 When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he hurried out to meet him. After embracing and kissing him, he brought him to his house. Jacob then recounted to Laban all that had happened,	13 فكان حين سمع لابان خبر يعقوب ابن اخته انه ركض للقائه وعانقه وقبّله وأتى به الى بيته. فحدّث لابان بجميع هذه الامور.
14 and Laban said to him, "You are indeed my flesh and blood." After Jacob had stayed with him a full month,	14 فقال له لابان انما انت عظمي ولحمي. فاقام عنده شهرا من الزمان
15 Laban said to him: "Should you serve me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine? Tell me what your wages should be."	15 ثم قال لابان ليعقوب ألانك اخي تخدمني مجّانا. اخبرني ما اجرتك.
16 Now Laban had two daughters; the older was called Leah, the younger Rachel.	16 وكان للابان ابنتان اسم الكبرى ليئة واسم الصغرى راحيل.
17 Leah had lovely eyes, but Rachel was well formed and beautiful.	17 وكانت عينا ليئة ضعيفتين. واما راحيل فكانت حسنة الصورة وحسنة المنظر.
18 Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he answered Laban, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."	18 واحب يعقوب راحيل. فقال اخدمك سبع سنين براحيل ابنتك الصغرى.
19 Laban replied, "I prefer to give her to you rather than to an outsider. Stay with me."	19 فقال لابان ان اعطيك اياها احسن من ان اعطيها لرجل آخر. أقم عندي.
20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.	20 فخدم يعقوب براحيل سبع سنين. وكانت في عينيه كايام قليلة بسبب محبته لها
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, that I may consummate my marriage with her, for my term is now completed."	21 ثم قال يعقوب للابان اعطني امرأتي لان ايامي قد كملت فادخل عليها.
22 So Laban invited all the local inhabitants and gave a feast.	22 فجمع لابان جميع اهل المكان وصنع وليمة.
23 At nightfall he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob consummated the marriage with her.	23 وكان في المساء انه اخذ ليئة ابنته واتى بها اليه. فدخل عليها.
24 (Laban assigned his slave girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.)	24 واعطى لابان زلفة جاريته لليئة ابنته جارية.
25 In the morning Jacob was amazed: it was Leah! So he cried out to Laban: "How could you do this to me! Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why did you dupe me?"	25 وفي الصباح اذا هي ليئة. فقال للابان ما هذا الذي صنعت بي. أليس براحيل خدمت عندك. فلماذا خدعتني.
26 "It is not the custom in our country," Laban replied, "to marry off a younger daughter before an older one.	26 فقال لابان لا يفعل هكذا في مكاننا ان تعطى الصغيرة قبل البكر.
27 Finish the bridal week for this one, and then I will give you the other too, in return for another seven years of service with me."	27 اكمل اسبوع هذه فنعطيك تلك ايضا بالخدمة التي تخدمني ايضا سبع سنين أخر.
28 Jacob agreed. He finished the bridal week for Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel in marriage.	28 ففعل يعقوب هكذا. فاكمل اسبوع هذه. فاعطاه راحيل ابنته زوجة له.
29 (Laban assigned his slave girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.)	29 واعطى لابان راحيل ابنته بلهة جاريته جارية لها.
30 Jacob then consummated his marriage with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Thus he remained in Laban's service another seven years.	30 فدخل على راحيل ايضا. واحب ايضا راحيل اكثر من ليئة. وعاد فخدم عنده سبع سنين أخر
31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he made her fruitful, while Rachel remained barren.	31 ورأى الرب ان ليئة مكروهة ففتح رحمها. واما راحيل فكانت عاقرا.
32 Leah conceived and bore a son, and she named him Reuben; for she said, "It means, 'The LORD saw my misery; now my husband will love me.'"	32 فحبلت ليئة وولدت ابنا ودعت اسمه رأوبين. لانها قالت ان الرب قد نظر الى مذّلتي. انه الآن يحبني رجلي.
33 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "It means, 'The LORD heard that I was unloved,' and therefore he has given me this one also"; so she named him Simeon.	33 وحبلت ايضا وولدت ابنا وقالت ان الرب قد سمع اني مكروهة فاعطاني هذا ايضا. فدعت اسمه شمعون.
34 Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, since I have now borne him three sons"; that is why she named him Levi.	34 وحبلت ايضا وولدت ابنا. وقالت الآن هذه المرة يقترن بي رجلي. لاني ولدت له ثلاثة بنين. لذلك دعي اسمه لاوي.
35 Once more she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "This time I will give grateful praise to the LORD"; therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing children.	35 وحبلت ايضا وولدت ابنا وقالت هذه المرة احمد الرب. لذلك دعت اسمه يهوذا. ثم توقفت عن الولادة