Genesis 30

vattere rakhel ki lo yaledah leya'aqov vatteqanne rakhel ba'akhotah vattomer el-ya'aqov havah-lli vanim ve'im-ayin metah anokhi

When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die.”

vayyikhar-af ya'aqov berakhel vayyomer hatakhat elohim anokhi asher-mana mimmekh peri-vaten

Jacob was incensed at Rachel, and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you fruit of the womb?”

vattomer hinneh amati vilhah bo eleha veteled al-birkay ve'ibbaneh gam-anokhi mimmennah

She said, “Here is my maid Bilhah. Consort with her, that she may bear on my knees and that through her I too may have children.”

vattitten-lo et-bilhah shifkhatah le'isha vayyavo eleha ya'aqov

So she gave him her maid Bilhah as concubine, and Jacob cohabited with her.

vattahar bilhah vatteled leya'aqov ben

Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

vattomer rakhel dananni elohim vegam shama beqoli vayyitten-li ben al-ken qare'ah shemo dan

And Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed, [God] has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.

vattahar od vatteled bilhah shifkhat rakhel ben sheni leya'aqov

Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

vattomer rakhel naftule elohim niftalti im-akhoti gam-yakholeti vattiqra shemo naftali

And Rachel said, “A fateful contest I waged with my sister; yes, and I have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali.

vattere le'ah ki amedah milledet vattiqqakh et-zilpah shifkhatah vattitten otah leya'aqov le'isha

When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine.

vatteled zilpah shifkhat le'ah leya'aqov ben

And when Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son,

vattomer le'ah (vgd) [ba gad] vattiqra et-shemo gad

Leah said, “What luck!” So she named him Gad.

vatteled zilpah shifkhat le'ah ben sheni leya'aqov

When Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

vattomer le'ah be'oshri ki isheruni banot vattiqra et-shemo asher

Leah declared, “What fortune!” meaning, “Women will deem me fortunate.” So she named him Asher.

vayyelekh re'uven bime qetsir-khittim vayyimtsa duda'im bassadeh vayyave otam el-le'ah immo vattomer rakhel el-le'ah teni-na li midduda'e benekh

Once, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben came upon some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

vattomer lah hame'at qakhtekh et-ishi velaqakhat gam et-duda'e beni vattomer rakhel lakhen yishkav immakh hallaylah takhat duda'e venekh

But she said to her, “Was it not enough for you to take away my husband, that you would also take my son’s mandrakes?” Rachel replied, “I promise, he shall lie with you tonight, in return for your son’s mandrakes.”

vayyavo ya'aqov min-hassadeh ba'erev vattetse le'ah liqrato vattomer elay tavo ki sakhor sekhartikha beduda'e beni vayyishkav immah ballaylah hu

When Jacob came home from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You are to sleep with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.

vayyishma elohim el-le'ah vattahar vatteled leya'aqov ben khamishi

God heeded Leah, and she conceived and bore him a fifth son.

vattomer le'ah natan elohim sekhari asher-natatti shifkhati le'ishi vattiqra shemo yissashkhar

And Leah said, “God has given me my reward for having given my maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

vattahar od le'ah vatteled ben-shishi leya'aqov

When Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son,

vattomer le'ah zevadani elohim oti zeved tov happa'am yizbeleni ishi ki-yaladti lo shisha vanim vattiqra et-shemo zevulun

Leah said, “God has given me a choice gift; this time my husband will exalt me, for I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

ve'akhar yaledah bat vattiqra et-shemah dinah

Last, she bore him a daughter, and named her Dinah.

vayyizkor elohim et-rakhel vayyishma eleha elohim vayyiftakh et-rakhmah

Now God remembered Rachel; God heeded her and opened her womb.

vattahar vatteled ben vattomer asaf elohim et-kherpati

She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

vattiqra et-shemo yosef lemor yosef Adonai li ben akher

So she named him Joseph, that is to say, “May GOD add another son for me.”

vayehi ka'asher yaledah rakhel et-yosef vayyomer ya'aqov el-lavan shallekheni ve'elekhah el-meqomi ule'artsi

After Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Give me leave to go back to my own homeland.

tenah et-nashay ve'et-yeladay asher avadti otekha bahen ve'elekhah ki attah yadata et-avodati asher avadtikha

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may go; for well you know what services I have rendered you.”

vayyomer elayw lavan im-na matsati khen be'enekha nikhashti vayevarekheni Adonai biglalekha

But Laban said to him, “If you will indulge me, I have learned by divination that GOD has blessed me on your account.”

vayyomar noqvah sekharekha alay ve'ettenah

And he continued, “Name the wages due from me, and I will pay you.”

vayyomer elayw attah yadata et asher avadtikha ve'et asher-hayah miqnekha itti

But he said, “You know well how I have served you and how your livestock has fared with me.

ki me'at asher-hayah lekha lefanay vayyifrots larov vayevarekh Adonai otekha leragli ve'attah matay e'eseh gam-anokhi leveti

For the little you had before I came has grown to much, since GOD has blessed you wherever I turned. And now, when shall I make provision for my own household?”

vayyomer mah etten-lakh vayyomer ya'aqov lo-titten-li me'umah im-ta'aseh-lli haddavar hazzeh ashuvah ereh tsonekha eshmor

He said, “What shall I pay you?” And Jacob said, “Pay me nothing! If you will do this thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flocks:

e'evor bekhol-tsonekha hayyom haser misham kol-seh naqod vetalu vekhol-seh-khum bakkesavim vetalu venaqod ba'izzim vehayah sekhari

let me pass through your whole flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted animal—every dark-colored sheep and every spotted and speckled goat. Such shall be my wages.

ve'anetah-bbi tsidqati beyom makhar ki-tavo al-sekhari lefanekha kol asher-enennu naqod vetalu ba'izzim vekhum bakkesavim ganuv hu itti

In the future when you go over my wages, let my honesty toward you testify for me: if there are among my goats any that are not speckled or spotted or any sheep that are not dark-colored, they got there by theft.”

vayyomer lavan hen lu yehi khidvarekha

And Laban said, “Very well, let it be as you say.”

vayyasar bayyom hahu et-hatteyashim ha'aquddim vehattelu'im ve'et kol-ha'izzim hannequddot vehattelu'ot kol asher-lavan bo vekhol-khum bakkesavim vayyitten beyad-banayw

But that same day he removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats—every one that had white on it—and all the dark-colored sheep, and left them in the charge of his sons.

vayyasem derekh sheloshet yamim beno uven ya'aqov veya'aqov ro'eh et-tson lavan hannotarot

And he put a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban’s flock.

vayyiqqakh-lo ya'aqov maqqal livneh lakh veluz ve'armon vayefatsel bahen petsalot levanot makhsof hallavan asher al-hammaqlot

Jacob then got fresh shoots of poplar, and of almond and plane, and peeled white stripes in them, laying bare the white of the shoots.

vayyatseg et-hammaqlot asher pitsel barehatim beshiqtot hammayim asher tavona hatson lishtot lenokhakh hatson vayyekhamnah bevo'an lishtot

The rods that he had peeled he set up in front of the goats in the troughs, the water receptacles, that the goats came to drink from. Their mating occurred when they came to drink,

vayyekhemu hatson el-hammaqlot vatteladna hatson aquddim nequddim utelu'im

and since the goats mated by the rods, the goats brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted young.

vehakkesavim hifrid ya'aqov vayyitten pene hatson el-aqod vekhol-khum betson lavan vayyashet-lo adarim levaddo velo shatam al-tson lavan

But Jacob dealt separately with the sheep; he made these animals face the streaked or wholly dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. And so he produced special flocks for himself, which he did not put with Laban’s flocks.

vehayah bekhol-yakhem hatson hamequsharot vesam ya'aqov et-hammaqlot le'ene hatson barehatim leyakhmennah bammaqlot

Moreover, when the sturdier animals were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they mated by the rods;

uveha'atif hatson lo yasim vehayah ha'atufim lelavan vehaqqeshurim leya'aqov

but with the feebler animals he would not place them there. Thus the feeble ones went to Laban and the sturdy to Jacob.

vayyifrots ha'ish me'od me'od vayehi-lo tson rabbot ushefakhot va'avadim ugemallim vakhamorim

So the man grew exceedingly prosperous, and came to own large flocks, maidservants and menservants, camels and donkeys.