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1. When Rachel saw that she failed to bear children to Jacob, she became envious of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I shall die!"
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1. And when Rachel H7354 saw H7200 that H3588 she bore Jacob no children H3205 H3808 H3290 , Rachel H7354 envied H7065 her sister H269 ; and said H559 unto H413 Jacob H3290 , Give H3051 me children H1121 , or H518 else H369 I H595 die H4191 .
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2. In anger Jacob retorted, "Can I take the place of God, who has denied you the fruit of the womb?"
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2. And Jacob H3290 's anger H639 was kindled H2734 against Rachel H7354 : and he said H559 , Am I H595 in God H430 's stead H8478 , who H834 hath withheld H4513 from H4480 thee the fruit H6529 of the womb H990 ?
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3. She replied, "Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Have intercourse with her, and let her give birth on my knees, so that I too may have offspring, at least through her."
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3. And she said H559 , Behold H2009 my maid H519 Bilhah H1090 , go in H935 unto H413 her ; and she shall bear H3205 upon H5921 my knees H1290 , that I H595 may also H1571 have children H1129 by H4480 her.
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4. So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah as a consort, and Jacob had intercourse with her.
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4. And she gave H5414 him H853 Bilhah H1090 her handmaid H8198 to wife H802 : and Jacob H3290 went in H935 unto H413 her.
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5. When Bilhah conceived and bore a son,
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5. And Bilhah H1090 conceived H2029 , and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a son H1121 .
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6. Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; indeed he has heeded my plea and given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan.
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6. And Rachel H7354 said H559 , God H430 hath judged H1777 me , and hath also H1571 heard H8085 my voice H6963 , and hath given H5414 me a son H1121 : therefore H5921 H3651 called H7121 she his name H8034 Dan H1835 .
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7. Rachel's maidservant Bilhah conceived again and bore a second son,
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7. And Bilhah H1090 Rachel H7354 's maid H8198 conceived H2029 again H5750 , and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a second H8145 son H1121 .
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8. and Rachel said, "I engaged in a fateful struggle with my sister, and I prevailed." So she named him Naphtali.
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8. And Rachel H7354 said H559 , With great H430 wrestlings H5319 have I wrestled H6617 with H5973 my sister H269 , and H1571 I have prevailed H3201 : and she called H7121 his name H8034 Naphtali H5321 .
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9. When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear children, she gave her maidservant Zilpah to Jacob as a consort.
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9. When Leah H3812 saw H7200 that H3588 she had left H5975 bearing H4480 H3205 , she took H3947 H853 Zilpah H2153 her maid H8198 , and gave H5414 her Jacob H3290 to wife H802 .
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10. So Jacob had intercourse with Zilpah, and she conceived and bore a son.
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10. And Zilpah H2153 Leah H3812 's maid H8198 bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a son H1121 .
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11. Leah then said, "What good luck!" So she named him Gad.
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11. And Leah H3812 said H559 , A troop cometh H1413 : and she called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Gad H1410 .
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12. Then Leah's maidservant Zilpah bore a second son to Jacob;
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12. And Zilpah H2153 Leah H3812 's maid H8198 bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a second H8145 son H1121 .
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13. and Leah said, "What good fortune!"-- meaning, "Women call me fortunate." So she named him Asher.
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13. And Leah H3812 said H559 , Happy H837 am I, for H3588 the daughters H1323 will call me blessed H833 : and she called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Asher H836 .
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14. One day, during the wheat harvest, when Reuben was out in the field, he came upon some mandrakes which he brought home to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah, "Please let me have some of your son's mandrakes."
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14. And Reuben H7205 went H1980 in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 , and found H4672 mandrakes H1736 in the field H7704 , and brought H935 them unto H413 his mother H517 Leah H3812 . Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to H413 Leah H3812 , Give H5414 me , I pray thee H4994 , of thy son H1121 's mandrakes H4480 H1736 .
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15. Leah replied, "Was it not enough for you to take away my husband, that you must now take my son's mandrakes too?" "Very well, then!" Rachel answered. "In exchange for your son's mandrakes, Jacob may lie with you tonight."
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15. And she said H559 unto her, Is it a small matter H4592 that thou hast taken H3947 H853 my husband H376 ? and wouldest thou take away H3947 H853 my son H1121 's mandrakes H1736 also H1571 ? And Rachel H7354 said H559 , Therefore H3651 he shall lie H7901 with H5973 thee tonight H3915 for H8478 thy son H1121 's mandrakes H1736 .
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16. That evening, when Jacob came home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. "You are now to come in with me," she told him, "because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes." So that night he slept with her,
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16. And Jacob H3290 came H935 out of H4480 the field H7704 in the evening H6153 , and Leah H3812 went out H3318 to meet H7125 him , and said H559 , Thou must come in H935 unto H413 me; for H3588 surely I have hired H7936 H7936 thee with my son H1121 's mandrakes H1736 . And he lay H7901 with H5973 her that H1931 night H3915 .
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17. and God heard her prayer; she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
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17. And God H430 hearkened H8085 unto H413 Leah H3812 , and she conceived H2029 , and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 the fifth H2549 son H1121 .
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18. Leah then said, "God has given me my reward for having let my husband have my maidservant"; so she named him Issachar.
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18. And Leah H3812 said H559 , God H430 hath given H5414 me my hire H7939 , because H834 I have given H5414 my maiden H8198 to my husband H376 : and she called H7121 his name H8034 Issachar H3485 .
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19. Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob;
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19. And Leah H3812 conceived H2029 again H5750 , and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 the sixth H8345 son H1121 .
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20. and she said, "God has brought me a precious gift. This time my husband will offer me presents, now that I have borne him six sons"; so she named him Zebulun.
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20. And Leah H3812 said H559 , God H430 hath endued H2064 me with a good H2896 dowry H2065 ; now H6471 will my husband H376 dwell with H2082 me, because H3588 I have born H3205 him six H8337 sons H1121 : and she called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Zebulun H2074 .
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21. Finally, she gave birth to a daughter, and she named her Dinah.
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21. And afterwards H310 she bore H3205 a daughter H1323 , and called H7121 H853 her name H8034 Dinah H1783 .
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22. Then God remembered Rachel; he heard her prayer and made her fruitful.
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22. And God H430 remembered H2142 H853 Rachel H7354 , and God H430 hearkened H8085 to H413 her , and opened H6605 H853 her womb H7358 .
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23. She conceived and bore a son, and she said, "God has removed my disgrace."
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23. And she conceived H2029 , and bore H3205 a son H1121 ; and said H559 , God H430 hath taken away H622 H853 my reproach H2781 :
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24. So she named him Joseph, meaning, "May the LORD add another son to this one for me!"
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24. And she called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Joseph H3130 ; and said H559 , The LORD H3068 shall add H3254 to me another H312 son H1121 .
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25. After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban: "Give me leave to go to my homeland.
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25. And it came to pass H1961 , when H834 Rachel H7354 had born H3205 H853 Joseph H3130 , that Jacob H3290 said H559 unto H413 Laban H3837 , Send me away H7971 , that I may go H1980 unto H413 mine own place H4725 , and to my country H776 .
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26. Let me have my wives, for whom I served you, and my children, too, that I may depart. You know very well the service that I have rendered you."
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26. Give H5414 me H853 my wives H802 and my children H3206 , for whom H834 H2004 I have served H5647 thee , and let me go H1980 : for H3588 thou H859 knowest H3045 H853 my service H5656 which H834 I have done H5647 thee.
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27. Laban answered him: "If you will please.... "I have learned through divination that it is because of you that God has blessed me.
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27. And Laban H3837 said H559 unto H413 him , I pray thee H4994 , if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in thine eyes H5869 , tarry: for I have learned by experience H5172 that the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 me for thy sake H1558 .
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28. So," he continued, "state what wages you want from me, and I will pay them."
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28. And he said H559 , Appoint H5344 H5921 me thy wages H7939 , and I will give H5414 it .
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29. Jacob replied: "You know what work I did for you and how well your livestock fared under my care;
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29. And he said H559 unto H413 him, Thou H859 knowest H3045 H853 how H834 I have served H5647 thee , and how H834 thy cattle H4735 was H1961 with H854 me.
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30. the little you had before I came has grown into very much, since the LORD'S blessings came upon you in my company. Therefore I should now do something for my own household as well."
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30. For H3588 it was little H4592 which H834 thou hadst H1961 before H6440 I came , and it is now increased H6555 unto a multitude H7230 ; and the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 thee since my coming H7272 : and now H6258 when H4970 shall I H595 provide H6213 for mine own house H1004 also H1571 ?
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31. "What should I pay you?" Laban asked. Jacob answered: "You do not have to pay me anything outright. I will again pasture and tend your flock, if you do this one thing for me:
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31. And he said H559 , What H4100 shall I give H5414 thee? And Jacob H3290 said H559 , Thou shalt not H3808 give H5414 me any thing H3972 : if H518 thou wilt do H6213 this H2088 thing H1697 for me , I will again H7725 feed H7462 and keep H8104 thy flock H6629 :
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32. go through your whole flock today and remove from it every dark animal among the sheep and every spotted or speckled one among the goats. Only such animals shall be my wages.
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32. I will pass through H5674 all H3605 thy flock H6629 today H3117 , removing H5493 from thence H4480 H8033 all H3605 the speckled H5348 and spotted H2921 cattle H7716 , and all H3605 the brown H2345 cattle H7716 among the sheep H3775 , and the spotted H2921 and speckled H5348 among the goats H5795 : and of such shall be H1961 my hire H7939 .
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33. In the future, whenever you check on these wages of mine, let my honesty testify against me: any animal in my possession that is not a speckled or spotted goat, or a dark sheep, got there by theft!"
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33. So shall my righteousness H6666 answer H6030 for me in time H3117 to come H4279 , when H3588 it shall come H935 for H5921 my hire H7939 before thy face H6440 : every one H3605 that H834 is not H369 speckled H5348 and spotted H2921 among the goats H5795 , and brown H2345 among the sheep H3775 , that H1931 shall be counted stolen H1589 with H854 me.
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34. "Very well," agreed Laban. "Let it be as you say."
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34. And Laban H3837 said H559 , Behold H2005 , I would H3863 it might be H1961 according to thy word H1697 .
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35. That same day Laban removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats, all those with some white on them, as well as the fully dark-colored sheep; these he left... in charge of his sons.
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35. And he removed H5493 that H1931 day H3117 H853 the he goats H8495 that were ringstreaked H6124 and spotted H2921 , and all H3605 the she goats H5795 that were speckled H5348 and spotted H2921 , and every one H3605 that H834 had some white H3836 in it , and all H3605 the brown H2345 among the sheep H3775 , and gave H5414 them into the hand H3027 of his sons H1121 .
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36. Then he put a three days' journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to pasture the rest of Laban's flock.
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36. And he set H7760 three H7969 days H3117 ' journey H1870 between H996 himself and Jacob H3290 : and Jacob H3290 fed H7462 H853 the rest H3498 of Laban H3837 's flocks H6629 .
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37. Jacob, however, got some fresh shoots of poplar, almond and plane trees, and he made white stripes in them by peeling off the bark down to the white core of the shoots.
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37. And Jacob H3290 took H3947 him rods H4731 of green H3892 poplar H3839 , and of the hazel H3869 and chestnut tree H6196 ; and peeled H6478 white H3836 streaks H6479 in them H2004 , and made the white H3836 appear H4286 which H834 was in H5921 the rods H4731 .
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38. The rods that he had thus peeled he then set upright in the watering troughs, so that they would be in front of the animals that drank from the troughs. When the animals were in heat as they came to drink,
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38. And he set H3322 H853 the rods H4731 which H834 he had peeled H6478 before H5227 the flocks H6629 in the gutters H7298 in the watering H4325 troughs H8268 when H834 the flocks H6629 came H935 to drink H8354 , that they should conceive H3179 when they came H935 to drink H8354 .
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39. the goats mated by the rods, and so they brought forth streaked, speckled and spotted kids.
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39. And the flocks H6629 conceived H3179 before H413 the rods H4731 , and brought forth H3205 cattle H6629 ringstreaked H6124 , speckled H5348 , and spotted H2921 .
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40. The sheep, on the other hand, Jacob kept apart, and he set these animals to face the streaked or fully dark-colored animals of Laban. Thus he produced special flocks of his own, which he did not put with Laban's flock.
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40. And Jacob H3290 did separate H6504 the lambs H3775 , and set H5414 the faces H6440 of the flocks H6629 toward H413 the ringstreaked H6124 , and all H3605 the brown H2345 in the flock H6629 of Laban H3837 ; and he put H7896 his own flocks H5739 by themselves H905 , and put H7896 them not H3808 unto H5921 Laban H3837 's cattle H6629 .
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41. Moreover, whenever the hardier animals were in heat, Jacob would set the rods in the troughs in full view of these animals, so that they mated by the rods;
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41. And it came to pass H1961 , whensoever H3605 the stronger H7194 cattle H6629 did conceive H3179 , that Jacob H3290 laid H7760 H853 the rods H4731 before the eyes H5869 of the cattle H6629 in the gutters H7298 , that they might conceive H3179 among the rods H4731 .
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42. but with the weaker animals he would not put the rods there. So the feeble animals would go to Laban, but the sturdy ones to Jacob.
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42. But when the cattle H6629 were feeble H5848 , he put H7760 them not H3808 in : so the feebler H5848 were H1961 Laban H3837 's , and the stronger H7194 Jacob H3290 's.
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43. Thus the man grew increasingly prosperous, and he came to own not only large flocks but also male and female servants and camels and asses.
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43. And the man H376 increased H6555 exceedingly H3966 H3966 , and had H1961 much H7227 cattle H6629 , and maidservants H8198 , and menservants H5650 , and camels H1581 , and asses H2543 .
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