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When Rachel saw that she was
not
bearing
any
children
for
Jacob, she
envied her sister .
“
Give me children, or I will
die !”
she
said
to
Jacob
.
And
when Rachel saw that she bare
Jacob no
children
, Rachel
envied her sister ;
and
she
said
unto
Jacob,
Give me children, or else
I die.
Jacob
became
angry
with
Rachel and said, “
Am I in the
place
of
God
, who has
withheld children
from you
? ”
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
?
Then
she said, “Here
is
my maidservant
Bilhah .
Sleep
with
her
, that she may bear children
for
me
, so
that
through
her
I too
can
build
a
family
. ”
And
she said, Behold,
my maid
Bilhah, go
in
unto
her;
that she may bear upon
my
knees
, and
I also
may
obtain
children
by
her
.
So
Rachel
gave Jacob
her
servant
Bilhah as
a
wife ,
and he
slept
with
her ,
And
she
gave him
Bilhah her
handmaid
to
wife :
and Jacob
went
in
unto
her .
and Bilhah conceived and bore
him
a son.
And Bilhah conceived ,
and bare
Jacob
a son.
Then
Rachel said, “
God has
vindicated
me ;
He
has
heard my plea
and given me a son .”
So
she named
him
Dan.
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.
And Rachel’s
servant
Bilhah conceived again and bore
Jacob a second son.
And Bilhah Rachel's
handmaid
conceived again ,
and bare
Jacob a second son.
Then
Rachel said, “In
my
great
struggles,
I
have wrestled with my sister and won.”
So
she named
him
Naphtali.
And
Rachel said, With
mighty
wrestlings
have I
wrestled with my sister ,
and have
prevailed:
and
she called
his
name
Naphtali.
When Leah saw that she had stopped
having
children
, she gave her servant
Zilpah
to Jacob as
a
wife.
When Leah saw that she had left
off
bearing
, she took
Zilpah
her
handmaid,
and
gave her to Jacob to
wife.
And Leah’s
servant
Zilpah bore
Jacob a son.
And Zilpah Leah's
handmaid
bare
Jacob a son.
Then
Leah said, “How
fortunate! ”
So
she named
him
Gad.
And
Leah said, Fortunate! and
she called
his
name
Gad.
When
Leah’s
servant
Zilpah bore
Jacob a second son ,
And
Zilpah Leah's
handmaid
bare
Jacob a second son .
Leah said, “How
happy I
am! For the women
call me happy .”
So
she named
him
Asher.
And
Leah said, Happy am I
! for the daughters
will
call me happy :
and
she called
his
name
Asher.
Now
during
the wheat harvest, Reuben
went
out
and found some
mandrakes in the field .
When
he
brought them to
his mother ,
Rachel begged
Leah, “Please
give me some
of your
son’s
mandrakes. ”
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.
But
Leah
replied
, “
Is it not
enough
that you
have
taken away my husband? Now
you
want
to
take my son’s
mandrakes as
well
? ”
“Very
well,”
said
Rachel, “
he may
sleep
with you
tonight
in
exchange
for your
son’s
mandrakes. ”
And
she
said
unto
her
, Is it a
small
matter
that thou
hast
taken away 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.
When
Jacob came in
from the field that
evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You
must come with
me ,
for I have hired you
with my son’s
mandrakes. ”
So
he slept
with her that night.
And
Jacob came from the field in
the
evening, and
Leah went out to meet him ,
and said, Thou
must come in
unto
me ;
for I have surely
hired thee
with my son's
mandrakes. And
he lay
with her that night.
And God listened
to
Leah, and she conceived and bore
a fifth son to
Jacob
.
And God hearkened
unto
Leah, and she conceived ,
and bare
Jacob
a fifth son.
Then
Leah said, “
God has
rewarded
me for
giving
my maidservant
to my husband .”
So
she named
him
Issachar.
And
Leah said, God hath
given
me my hire,
because
I
gave
my
handmaid
to my husband :
and
she called
his
name
Issachar.
Again
Leah conceived and bore
a sixth son to Jacob.
And
Leah conceived again,
and bare
a sixth son to Jacob.
“
God has
given
me a good gift,”
she
said.
“This
time
my husband will
honor
me, because I have borne him six sons .”
And she named
him
Zebulun.
And
Leah
said,
God hath
endowed
me with
a good dowry;
now
will
my husband dwell
with
me, because I have borne him six sons :
and she called
his
name
Zebulun.
After
that,
Leah
gave
birth
to
a daughter and named
her Dinah.
And
afterwards
she
bare
a daughter ,
and called
her name
Dinah.
Then
God remembered Rachel .
He
listened
to her and opened her womb ,
And
God remembered Rachel ,
and
God
hearkened
to her ,
and opened her womb .
and she conceived and gave
birth
to
a son .
“
God has
taken away my shame,”
she
said.
And she conceived ,
and bare
a son :
and
said,
God hath
taken away my reproach:
She named
him
Joseph, and
said
, “May
the
LORD
add to me another son. ”
and
she called
his
name
Joseph, saying
, Jehovah
add to me another son.
Now
after
Rachel had given
birth
to
Joseph, Jacob said to
Laban, “
Send me on
my
way
so
I can
return
to my homeland
.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Rachel had borne
Joseph, that
Jacob said unto
Laban, Send me away,
that
I may
go
unto
mine
own
place,
and
to my country
.
Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you
, that
I
may
go on
my way.
You
know
how
hard
I have worked
for
you
. ”
Give me my wives and my
children for whom I have served thee
, and
let
me
go :
for
thou
knowest
my service
wherewith
I have served
thee
.
But
Laban replied
, “
If I have found favor in your
eyes, please
stay.
I have learned
by
divination
that the
LORD
has
blessed me because
of
you
. ”
And
Laban said
unto
him
, If now
I have found favor in thine
eyes, `tarry':
`for'
I have divined
that Jehovah
hath
blessed me for
thy
sake
.
And he added
, “Name
your
wages, and I will pay
them
. ”
And he said
, Appoint
me
thy
wages, and I will give
it
.
Then
Jacob
answered
, “You
know
how I have served you
and how your
livestock
have thrived
under
my
care
.
And
he
said
unto
him
, Thou
knowest
how I have served thee,
and how thy
cattle
have fared
with
me
.
Indeed,
you
had
very
little before my
arrival
, but
now
your
wealth
has
increased many
times
over.
The
LORD
has
blessed you
wherever
I set
foot.
But
now ,
when may
I also
provide for my
own household
? ”
For
it
was
little which
thou
hadst
before I
came
, and
it
hath
increased unto
a
multitude;
and
Jehovah
hath
blessed thee
whithersoever
I turned:
and
now when shall
I provide for mine
own house
also
?
“
What can
I give you
? ”
Laban
asked.
“You
do
not need
to
give me anything,”
Jacob
replied.
“
If you
do this one
thing for me, I will keep
on
shepherding
and keeping
your
flocks
.
And
he
said,
What shall
I give thee
? And
Jacob
said,
Thou
shalt
not give me aught:
if thou
wilt
do this thing for me, I will again
feed
thy
flock
and keep
it
.
Let
me
go
through all your
flocks
today
and
remove
from them
every speckled or
spotted sheep
, every dark-colored
lamb
, and every
spotted or
speckled goat.
These
will
be my wages
.
I
will
pass
through all thy
flock
to-day,
removing
from thence
every speckled and
spotted one
, and
every black
one
among
the
sheep
, and the
spotted and
speckled among
the
goats:
and
`of
such'
shall
be my hire
.
So my honesty
will
testify
for me when you
come to
check
on
my wages
in
the
future.
If
I
have
any
goats
that are
not speckled or
spotted, or
any
lambs
that are
not
dark-colored
, they
will
be considered
stolen. ”
So shall
my righteousness
answer
for me hereafter,
when thou
shalt
come concerning
my hire
that is
before
thee:
every
one
that
is
not speckled and
spotted among
the
goats
, and
black
among
the
sheep,
that `if
found'
with
me
, shall
be counted
stolen.
“Agreed,”
said
Laban .
“Let
it be as
you
have
said
. ”
And
Laban said,
Behold,
I
would
it might
be according
to
thy
word
.
That very
day Laban
removed
all
the streaked
or
spotted
male
goats and every
speckled or
spotted female
goat—
every one that had any
white on
it —
and every
dark-colored
lamb
, and he
placed
them under
the care
of his sons .
And
he
removed
that day the he-
goats that
were
ringstreaked
and spotted,
and
all
the
she-goats
that
were
speckled and
spotted ,
every one that had white in
it ,
and all
the
black
ones
among
the
sheep
, and gave
them into
the hand
of his sons ;
Then
he put
a
three -day
journey between
himself and Jacob ,
while
Jacob was
shepherding
the rest of Laban’s
flocks.
and
he set
three days'
journey betwixt
himself and Jacob :
and
Jacob fed
the rest of Laban's
flocks.
Jacob ,
however,
took fresh
branches
of poplar, almond ,
and plane trees,
and peeled the
bark
, exposing
the white inner
wood
of
the branches
.
And
Jacob took him
rods
of fresh
poplar, and
of
the
almond and of
the
plane -tree.
And peeled white
streaks
in
them
, and
made
the white appear
which
was
in
the rods
.
Then
he set the peeled branches
in the watering troughs in
front
of
the flocks coming
in
to drink .
So
when
the
flocks
were
in
heat
and came to drink ,
And
he set the rods
which
he
had
peeled over
against
the
flocks
in the gutters
in
the
watering -
troughs where
the flocks came
to drink ;
and they
conceived
when
they
came to drink .
they
mated
in
front
of
the branches.
And they
bore
young
that
were
streaked
or
speckled or
spotted.
And
the flocks
conceived
before
the
rods,
and the
flocks
brought
forth
ringstreaked,
speckled ,
and
spotted.
Jacob set
apart
the young
, but
made
the rest
face
the streaked
dark-colored
sheep
in
Laban’s
flocks .
Then
he set
his own stock
apart and did
not
put them with
Laban’s
animals
.
And
Jacob separated
the lambs
, and
set
the faces
of
the flocks toward
the
ringstreaked
and
all
the
black
in
the
flock
of
Laban:
and
he put
his own droves
apart ,
and put them not
unto
Laban's
flock
.
Whenever
the stronger females
of the flock were
in
heat
, Jacob would
place
the branches
in
the troughs,
in
full
view
of the animals
, so
that they would
breed
in
front
of
the branches.
And
it
came
to
pass,
whensoever
the stronger of the flock did
conceive
, that
Jacob laid
the rods
before
the eyes
of the flock
in
the
gutters
, that they might
conceive
among
the rods;
But if
the animals
were weak
, he did
not set
out
the
branches.
So the weaker
animals
went
to
Laban
and the stronger ones
to
Jacob
.
but when
the flock
were feeble
, he put
them
not in:
so the feebler
were
Laban's,
and the stronger Jacob's
.
Thus
Jacob
became
exceedingly prosperous.
He
owned
large flocks, maidservants
and menservants
, and camels and donkeys
.
And
the
man
increased
exceedingly ,
and
had
large flocks, and maid-servants
and
men-servants
, and camels and asses
.
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