Genesis 30

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Rachel, seeing that she herself gave Jacob no children, became jealous of her sister. And she said toJacob, 'Give me children, or I shal die!'	1 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 This made Jacob angry with Rachel, and he retorted, 'Am I in the position of God, who has denied youmotherhood?'	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 So she said, 'Here is my slave-girl, Bilhah. Sleep with her and let her give birth on my knees; throughher, then, I too shal have children!'	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 So she gave him her slave-girl Bilhah as concubine. Jacob slept with her,	4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 and Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son by Jacob.	5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 Then Rachel said, 'God has done me justice; yes, he has heard my prayer and given me a son.'Accordingly she named him Dan.	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 Again Rachel's slave-girl Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a second son by Jacob.	7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 Then Rachel said, 'I have fought a fateful battle with my sister, and I have won!' So she named himNaphtali.	8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 Now Leah, seeing that she had ceased to bear children, took her slave-girl Zilpah and gave her toJacob as concubine.	9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 So Leah's slave-girl Zilpah gave birth to a son by Jacob.	10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 Then Leah exclaimed, 'What good fortune!' So she named him Gad.	11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 Leah's slave-girl Zilpah gave birth to a second son by Jacob.	12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 Then Leah said, 'What blessedness! Women will cal me blessed!' So she named him Asher.	13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14 One day, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes in the field and broughtthem to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, 'Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.'	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 Leah replied, 'Is it not enough to have taken my husband, without your taking my son's mandrakesas well?' So Rachel said, 'Very wel , he can sleep with you tonight in return for your 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 When Jacob came back from the fields that night, Leah went out to meet him and said, 'You mustcome to me, for I have hired you at the price of my son's mandrakes.' So he slept with her that night.	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 God heard Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son by Jacob.	17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 Then Leah said, 'God has given me my reward for giving my slave-girl to my husband.' So shenamed him Issachar.	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 Again Leah conceived and gave birth to a sixth son by Jacob,	19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 and said, 'God has given me a fine gift; now my husband wil bring me presents, for I have borne himsix sons.' So she named him Zebulun.	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 Later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.	21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel; he heard her and opened her womb.	22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 She conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace!'	23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 She named him Joseph, saying, 'May Yahweh add another son for me!'	24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 When Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, 'Release me and let me go home tomy own country.	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 for whom I have worked for you, and my children, and let me go. You are welaware how long I have worked for you.'	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 Laban replied, 'If I have done what pleases you . . . I have learnt by divination that Yahweh hasblessed me because of you.	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 So name your wages,' he added, 'and I wil pay.'	28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 He replied, 'You know how hard I have worked for you, and how your stock has fared in my charge.	29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30 The little you had before I came has increased enormously, and Yahweh has blessed you wherever Ihave been. When am I to provide for my own household too?'	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 Laban said, 'How much am I to pay you?' Jacob replied, 'You need not pay me anything. I shallchange my mind and go on tending your flock, if you do this one thing for me.	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 'Go through your entire flock today and remove every black animal among the sheep, and everyspeckled or spotted one among the goats. These wil be my wages,	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 and my uprightness wil answer for me later: when you come to check my wages, every goat I havethat is not speckled or spotted, and every sheep that is not black will count as stolen by me.'	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 Laban replied, 'Good, just as you say.'	34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 That same day he removed the striped and speckled he-goats and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, every one that had white on it, and al the black sheep, and entrusted these to his sons.	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 Then he put a three days' journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob grazed the rest ofLaban's flock.	36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 Jacob then got fresh shoots from poplar, almond and plane trees, and peeled them in white strips,laying bare the white part of the shoots.	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 He set up the shoots he had peeled in front of the animals, in the troughs, in the water-holes wherethe animals came to drink. Since they mated when they came to drink,	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 the goats thus mated in front of the shoots and so the goats produced striped, spotted and speckledyoung.	39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 The ewes, on the other hand, Jacob kept apart and made these face whatever was striped or blackin Laban's flock. Thus he built up droves of his own which he did not put with Laban's flocks.	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 Furthermore, whenever the sturdier animals were mating, Jacob put the shoots where the animalscould see them, in the troughs, so that they would mate in front of the shoots.	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 animals were feeble, he did not put them there; so Laban got the feeble, and Jacob thesturdy.	42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 Thus the man grew extremely rich, and came to own large flocks, men and women slaves, camelsand donkeys.	43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.