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
.
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
?
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.
And she gave him Bilhah
her handmaid
to wife
: and Jacob
went in
unto her.
And Bilhah conceived
, and bare
Jacob
a son
.
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 Bilhah Rachel's
maid
conceived
again, and bare
Jacob
a second
son
.
And Rachel said
, With great
wrestlings
have I wrestled
with my sister
, and I have prevailed
: and she called
his name
Naphtali
.
When Leah saw
that she had left
bearing
, she took
Zilpah
her maid
, and gave
her Jacob
to wife
.
And Zilpah Leah's
maid
bare
Jacob
a son
.
And Leah said
, A troop
cometh
: and she called
his name
Gad
.
And Zilpah Leah's
maid
bare
Jacob
a second
son
.
And Leah said
, Happy am I
, for the daughters
will call me blessed
: and she called
his name
Asher
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And God hearkened
unto Leah
, and she conceived
, and bare
Jacob
the fifth
son
.
And Leah said
, God
hath given
me my hire
, because
I have given
my maiden
to my husband
: and she called
his name
Issachar
.
And Leah conceived
again, and bare
Jacob
the sixth
son
.
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
.
And afterwards she bare
a daughter
, and called
her name
Dinah
.
And God remembered
Rachel
, and God
hearkened
to her, and opened
her womb
.
And she conceived, and bare
a son
; and said
, God
hath taken away
my reproach
:
And she called his name
Joseph
; and said
, The LORD
shall add
to me another
son
.
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
.
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.
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
.
And he said, Appoint
me thy wages
, and I will give
it .
And he said unto him, Thou knowest
how
I have served
thee, and how
thy cattle
was with me.
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?
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
:
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
.
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.
And Laban said
, Behold, I would it might be
according to thy word
.
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
.
And he set three
days
' journey
betwixt himself and Jacob
: and Jacob
fed
the rest
of Laban's
flocks
.
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
.
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
.
And the flocks conceived
before the rods
, and brought forth
cattle
ringstraked
, speckled
, and spotted
.
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
.
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
.
But when the cattle were feeble
, he put them not in
: so the feebler
were Laban's
, and the stronger
Jacob's
.
And the man increased
exceedingly
, and had much
cattle
, and maidservants
, and menservants
, and camels
, and asses
.