Genesi 30

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Cernens autem Rachel quod infecunda esset, invidit sorori et ait marito suo: “ Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar ”.	1 And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.
2 Cui iratus respondit Iacob: “ Num pro Deo ego sum, qui privavit te fructu ventris? ”.	2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
3 At illa: “ Ecce, inquit, famula mea Bilha; ingredere ad illam, ut pariat super genua mea, et habeam ex illa et ego filios ”.	3 But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.
4 Deditque illi Bilham famulam suam in coniugium. Quae,	4 And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
5 ingresso ad se Iacob, concepit et peperit filium.	5 When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.
6 Dixitque Rachel: “ Iudicavit mihi Deus et exaudivit vocem quoque meam dans mihi filium ”; et idcirco appellavit nomen illius Dan.	6 And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan.
7 Rursumque Bilha famula Rachel concepit et peperit Iacob alterum filium, et	7 And again Bala conceived and bore another,
8 ait Rachel: “ Certamina Dei certavi cum sorore mea et invalui ”; vocavitque eum Nephthali.	8 For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.
9 Sentiens Lia quod parere desisset, sumpsit Zelpham ancillam suam et tradidit eam Iacob in uxorem.	9 Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.
10 Quae peperit Iacob filium.	10 And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,
11 Dixitque Lia: “ Feliciter! ”; et idcirco vocavit nomen eius Gad.	11 She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
12 Peperit quoque Zelpha ancilla Liae Iacob alterum filium.	12 Zelpha also bore another.
13 Dixitque Lia: “ Pro beatitudine mea! Beatam quippe me dicent mulieres ”; propterea appellavit eum Aser.	13 And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.
14 Egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeae, repperit in agro mandragoras, quas Liae matri suae detulit. Dixitque Rachel: “ Da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui ”.	14 And Ruben, going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son's mandrakes.
15 Illa respondit: “ Parumne tibi videtur, quod praeripueris maritum mihi, ut etiam mandragoras filii mei auferas? ”. Ait Rachel: “ Dormiat ergo tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui ”.	15 She answered: Dost thou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, unless thou take also my son's mandrakes? Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandrakes.
16 Redeuntique ad vesperam Iacob de agro egressa est in occursum eius Lia et: “ Ad me, inquit, intrabis, quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei ”. Dormivitque cum ea nocte illa.	16 And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes. And he slept with her that night.
17 Et exaudivit Deus Liam, concepitque et peperit Iacob filium quintum	17 And God heard her prayers: and she conceived and bore the fifth son,
18 et ait: “ Dedit Deus mercedem mihi, quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo ”; appellavitque nomen illius Issachar.	18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
19 Rursum Lia concepit et peperit Iacob sextum filium	19 And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,
20 et ait: “ Donavit me Deus dono bono; hac vice honorabit me maritus meus, eo quod genuerim ei sex filios ”; et idcirco appellavit nomen eius Zabulon.	20 And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry: this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.
21 Post quem peperit filiam nomine Dinam.	21 After whom she bore a daughter, named Diana.
22 Recordatus quoque Deus Rachelis exaudivit eam Deus et aperuit vulvam illius.	22 The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb.
23 Quae concepit et peperit filium dicens: “ Abstulit Deus opprobrium meum ”;	23 And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken my reproach.
24 et vocavit nomen illius Ioseph dicens: “ Addat mihi Dominus filium alterum! ”.	24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.
25 Nato autem Ioseph, dixit Iacob ad Laban: “ Dimitte me, ut revertar in patriam et ad terram meam.	25 And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father in law: Send me away that I may return into my country, and to my land.
26 Da mihi uxores et liberos meos, pro quibus servivi tibi, ut abeam; tu nosti servitutem, qua servivi tibi ”.	26 Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.
27 Ait illi Laban: “ Inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo; augurio didici, quia benedixerit mihi Deus propter te.	27 Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 Constitue mercedem tuam, quam dem tibi ”.	28 Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.
29 At ille respondit: “ Tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi et quanti in manibus meis facti sint greges tui.	29 But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.
30 Modicum habuisti, antequam venirem ad te, et nunc multiplicatum est vehementer, benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum. Nunc autem quando providebo etiam domui meae? ”.	30 Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for my own house.
31 Dixitque Laban: “ Quid tibi dabo? ”. At ille ait: “ Nihil mihi dabis; si feceris, quod postulo, iterum pascam et custodiam pecora tua.	31 And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing: but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed, and keep thy sheep again.
32 Gyrabo omnes greges tuos hodie; separa cuncta pecora varia et maculosa et, quodcumque furvum in ovibus et maculosum variumque in capris fuerit, erit merces mea.	32 Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled: and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep, as among the goats, shall be my wages.
33 Respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea; quando veneris, ut inspicias mercedem meam, omnia, quae non fuerint varia et maculosa in capris et furva in ovibus, furti me arguent ”.	33 And my justice shall answer for me to morrow before thee when the time of the bargain shall come: and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.
34 Dixit Laban: “ Gratum habeo, quod petis! ”.	34 And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.
35 Et separavit in die illo hircos striatos atque maculosos et omnes capras varias et maculosas, omne, in quo album erat, et omne furvum in ovibus, et tradidit in manu filiorum suorum.	35 And he separated the name day the she goats, and the sheep, and the he goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted: and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
36 Et posuit spatium itineris trium dierum inter se et Iacob, qui pascebat reliquos greges Laban.	36 And he set the space of three days' journey betwixt himself and his son in law, who fed the rest of his flock.
37 Tollens ergo Iacob virgas virides populeas et amygdalinas et ex platanis, ex parte ita decorticavit eas, ut in his, quae spoliata fuerant, candor appareret.	37 And Jacob took green robs of poplar, and of almond, and of place trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.
38 Posuitque virgas, quas ex parte decorticaverat, in canalibus, ubi effundebatur aqua, ut, cum venissent greges ad bibendum, ante oculos haberent virgas et in aspectu earum conciperent.	38 And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out: that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.
39 Factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus greges intuerentur virgas et parerent striata et varia et maculosa.	39 And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.
40 Agnos autem segregavit Iacob et posuit gregem ex adverso striatorum et omnium furvorum in grege Laban et constituit sibi greges seorsum neque statuit eos cum grege Laban.	40 And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams: and all the white and the black were Laban's: and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.
41 Quotiescumque igitur calefiebant pecora robusta, ponebat Iacob virgas in canalibus aquarum ante oculos pecorum, ut in earum contemplatione conciperent.	41 So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the roughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them:
42 Quando vero pecora debilia erant, non ponebat eas. Factaque sunt debilia Laban et robusta Iacob;	42 But when the latter coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were late ward, become Laban's: and they of the first time, Jacob's.
43 ditatusque est homo ultra modum et habuit greges multos, ancillas et servos, camelos et asinos.	43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid servants and men servants, camels and asses.