1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

3 And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.

4 And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

6 And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

7 And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.

8 And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

9 And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.

10 And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.

11 And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.

12 And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.

13 And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.

14 And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

15 And she said to her, Is it {too} little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

16 And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

19 And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;

20 and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

23 And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.

25 And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.

26 Give {me} my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.

27 And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes-I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.

28 And he said, Appoint to me thy wages, and I will give it.

29 And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.

30 For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house?

31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed {and} keep thy flock:

32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and {that} shall be my hire.

33 And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.

34 And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.

35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave {them} into the hand of his sons.

36 And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.

37 And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.

38 And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.

39 And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban's flock.

41 And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;

42 but when the sheep were feeble, he put {them} not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.

43 And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.

1 Vendo Raquel que não dava filhos a Jacó, teve inveja da sua irmã e disse a Jacó: Dá-me filhos, ou senão morro.

2 Então se acendeu a ira de Jacó contra Raquel, e perguntou: Acaso estou eu em lugar de Deus, que te há negado o fruto do ventre?

3 Respondeu ela: Eis a minha serva Bila recebe-a por mulher; para que ela dê à luz sobre os meus joelhos, e eu também seja dela edificada.

4 Assim lhe deu a Bila, sua serva, por mulher, e Jacó esteve com ela.

5 Concebeu Bila e deu à luz um filho a Jacó.

6 Então disse Raquel: Julgou-me Deus e também ouviu a minha voz e deu-me um filho; portanto lhe chamou Dã.

7 Concebeu outra vez Bila, serva de Raquel, e deu à luz um segundo filho a Jacó.

8 Disse Raquel: Com grandes lutas tenho lutado com minha irmã, e tenho prevalecido; e chamou-lhe Naftali.

9 Vendo Lia que ela tinha cessado de ter filhos, tomou a Zilpa, sua serva e deu-a a Jacó por mulher.

10 Zilpa, serva de Lia, deu a Jacó um filho.

11 Disse Lia: Afortunada! e chamou-lhe Gade.

12 Depois Zilpa, serva de Lia, deu a Jacó um segundo filho.

13 Então disse Lia: Feliz sou eu! pois as filhas me chamarão feliz; e chamou-lhe Aser.

14 Foi Rúben nos dias da ceifa do trigo e achou mandrágoras no campo, e trouxe-as a Lia, sua mãe. Então disse Raquel a Lia: Dá-me das mandrágoras de teu filho.

15 Respondeu-lhe Lia: Porventura é pouca coisa teres-me tirado meu marido? queres tirar também as mandrágoras de meu filho? Prosseguiu Raquel: Portanto ele se deitará contigo esta noite pelas mandrágoras de teu filho.

16 Vindo Jacó do campo à tarde, saiu-lhe Lia ao encontro e disse: Hás de dormir comigo, porque certamente te aluguei pelas mandrágoras de meu filho. E com ela deitou-se Jacó aquela noite.

17 Ouviu Deus a Lia, e ela concebeu e deu a Jacó um quinto filho.

18 Então disse Lia: Deus deu-me o meu pago, porque dei a minha serva a meu marido; e chamou-lhe Issacar.

19 Concebendo Lia outra vez, deu a Jacó um sexto filho.

20 E disse: Deus tem-me dado um bom dote; desta vez morará comigo meu marido, porque lhe tenho dado seis filhos: e chamou-lhe Zebulom.

21 Depois disto deu à luz uma filha, e chamou-lhe Diná.

22 Lembrou-se Deus de Raquel, ouviu-a e fê-la fecunda.

23 Ela concebeu, deu à luz um filho e disse: Tirou-me Deus o opróbrio;

24 e chamou-lhe José, dizendo: Dê-me Jeová ainda outro filho.

25 Tendo Raquel dado à luz a José, disse Jacó a Labão: Despede-me para que eu vá ao meu lugar e à minha terra.

26 Dá-me minhas mulheres e meus filhos, pelos quais te hei servido, e deixa-me ir; pois tu sabes o meu serviço, com que te hei servido.

27 Respondeu-lhe Labão: Se tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, fica comigo; pois tenho alcançado por experiência que Deus me abençoou por amor de ti.

28 Proseguir: Determina-me o teu salário, que to darei.

29 Respondeu-lhe Jacó: Tu sabes como te hei servido, e como tem passado o teu gado comigo.

30 Porque era pouca coisa que tinhas antes da minha vinda, e tem-se multiplicado em multidão; Jeová te há abençoado por onde quer que eu fui. Agora, pois, quando farei eu provisão também para minha casa?

31 Perguntou-lhe Labão: Que te darei? Respondeu-lhe Jacó: Não me darás nada; se me fizeres isto tornarei a apascentar o teu rebanho e guardá-lo.

32 Passarei hoje por todo o teu rebanho, separando dele os salpicados e malhados, e todos os que são negros entre as ovelhas e todos os malhados e salpicados entre as cabras; e isso será o meu salário.

33 Assim responderá por mim a minha justiça, no dia de amanhã, quando vieres ver o meu salário, que está diante de ti; todo o que não for salpicado e malhado entre as cabras e negro entre as ovelhas, esse, se for achado comigo, será tido por furtado.

34 Disse Labão: Oxalá que seja conforme a tua palavra.

35 Ele separou naquele mesmo dia os bodes listrados e malhados e todas as cabras salpicadas e malhadas, todos que tinham algum branco e todos os negros entre as ovelhas, e os entregou às mãos de seus filhos;

36 pôs o espaço de três dias de jornada entre si e Jacó, e Jacó apascentava o restante dos rebanhos de Labão.

37 Jacó tomou umas varas verdes de álamo, de aveleira e de plátano; e descascando-as em riscas brancas, fez aparecer o branco que nelas havia.

38 As varas que descascara pôs em frente dos rebanhos no fundo dos tanques de água aonde vinham a beber, e conceberam quando vinham a beber.

39 Os rebanhos concebiam diante das varas, e pariam listrados, salpicados e malhados.

40 Separou Jacó os cordeiros, e fez os rebanhos olhar para os listrados e para os negros do rebanho de Labão; pôs o seu rebanho à parte, e não o ajuntou ao rebanho de Labão.

41 Todas as vezes que concebiam as ovelhas fortes, punha Jacó as varas diante dos olhos do rebanho no fundo dos tanques para que concebessem entre as varas;

42 mas, quando o rebanho era fraco, não as punha: assim as fracas eram de Labão, e as fortes de Jacó.

43 O homem aumentou sobremaneira as suas posses e teve grandes rebanhos, servos, servas, camelos e jumentos.