1 Kui Raahel nägi, et ta ei toonud Jaakobile lapsi ilmale, siis Raahel kadestas oma õde ja ütles Jaakobile: „Muretse mulle lapsi, muidu ma suren!"
2 Aga Jaakobi viha süttis põlema Raaheli vastu ja ta küsis: „Kas mina olen Jumala asemik, kes sulle ihuvilja keelab?"
3 Ja Raahel vastas: „Vaata, seal on mu orjatar Billa. Heida tema juurde, et ta sünnitaks lapsi mu põlvede peale ja minagi saaksin nõnda temalt järglasi!"
4 Ja ta andis temale naiseks oma ümmardaja Billa ning Jaakob heitis selle juurde.
5 Ja Billa sai käima peale ning tõi Jaakobile poja ilmale.
6 Siis ütles Raahel: „Jumal tegi mulle õigust! Ta kuulis ka mu häält ja andis mulle poja!" Seepärast ta pani temale nimeks Daan.
7 Ja Billa, Raaheli ümmardaja, sai taas käima peale ning tõi Jaakobile teise poja ilmale.
8 Siis ütles Raahel: „Ma olen oma õega võidelnud Jumala võitlust ja olen võitnud!" Ja ta pani temale nimeks Naftali.
9 Kui Lea nägi, et ta oli lakanud sünnitamast, siis ta võttis oma ümmardaja Silpa ja andis selle Jaakobile naiseks.
10 Ja Silpa, Lea ümmardaja, tõi Jaakobile poja ilmale
11 ning Lea ütles: „Õnneks!" Ja ta pani temale nimeks Gaad.
12 Ja Silpa, Lea ümmardaja, tõi Jaakobile teise poja ilmale
13 ning Lea ütles: „Ma olen õnnelik! Tõesti, naised kiidavad mind õnnelikuks!" Ja ta pani temale nimeks Aaser.
14 Kord läks Ruuben nisulõikuse ajal ja leidis väljalt lemmemarju ja tõi neid oma emale Leale. Ja Raahel ütles Leale: „Anna ka minule oma poja lemmemarju!"
15 Aga ta vastas temale: „Kas on veel vähe, et sa võtsid mu mehe? Nüüd tahad sa ka mu poja lemmemarjad ära võtta!" Siis ütles Raahel: „Vastutasuks magagu ta täna öösel sinu juures su poja lemmemarjade eest!"
16 Kui Jaakob tuli õhtul väljalt, siis läks Lea temale vastu ja ütles: „Sa pead minu juurde heitma, sest ma olen sind tinginud tasu eest, oma poja lemmemarjade eest!" Ja tema magas sel ööl ta juures.
17 Ja Jumal kuulis Lead, ja Lea sai käima peale ja tõi Jaakobile viienda poja ilmale.
18 Ja Lea ütles: „Jumal tasus mulle, et ma andsin oma ümmardaja oma mehele!" Ja ta pani temale nimeks Issaskar.
19 Ja Lea sai taas käima peale ja tõi Jaakobile kuuenda poja ilmale.
20 Ja Lea ütles: „Jumal valmistas mulle ilusa kingituse! Nüüd mu mees hakkab mind sallima, sest ma olen temale kuus poega ilmale toonud!" Ja ta pani temale nimeks Sebulon.
21 Ja pärastpoole ta tõi tütre ilmale ning pani temale nimeks Diina.
22 Aga Jumal mõtles Raahelile, ja Jumal kuulis teda ning avas tema üsa.
23 Ja ta sai käima peale ja tõi poja ilmale ning ütles: „Jumal võttis ära mu teotuse!"
24 Ja ta pani temale nimeks Joosep, öeldes: „Annaks Issand mulle lisaks veel teisegi poja!"
25 Ja kui Raahel oli Joosepi ilmale toonud, siis Jaakob ütles Laabanile: „Lase mind, et saaksin minna koju ja oma kodumaale!
26 Anna mu naised ja lapsed, kelle pärast ma sind olen teeninud, ja ma lähen, sest sa tead ju ise, kuidas ma sind olen teeninud!"
27 Ja Laaban vastas temale: „Kui ma nüüd sinu silmis armu leiaksin! Märgid näitavad mulle, et Issand on mind sinu pärast õnnistanud!"
28 Ja ta ütles: „Nimeta mulle oma palk ja ma annan selle!"
29 Siis ta vastas temale: „Sina tead ise, kuidas ma sind olen teeninud ja mis on saanud su karjast minu juures.
30 Sest pisut oli seda, mis sul oli enne mind. See on aga ohtrasti kasvanud ja Issand on sind õnnistanud minu sammude läbi. Millal ma siis nüüd saan hoolitseda ka oma pere eest!"
31 Siis ta küsis: „Mis ma sulle pean andma?" Ja Jaakob vastas: „Ära anna mulle midagi. Kui sa lubad mulle seda, siis ma karjatan ja hoian veelgi su pudulojuseid:
32 ma käin täna läbi kõik su pudulojused, lahutades neist kõik tähnilised ja kirjud uted ja kõik indlevad noored jäärad, samuti kirjud ja tähnilised kitsede hulgast. Need olgu siis mulle palgaks
33 ja mu õigus kostku minu eest tulevikus, kui sa tuled mu palka vaatama: kõik, kes ei ole tähnilised ja kirjud kitsede hulgas ja indlevad noorte jäärade hulgas, loetagu minu poolt varastatuiks!"
34 Ja Laaban vastas: „Hästi, sündigu tõesti su sõna järgi!"
35 Ja ta lahutas selsamal päeval keerdsabalised ja kirjud sikud ja kõik tähnilised ja kirjud kitsed, kõik, kellel oli valget küljes, ja kõik indlevad noored jäärad, andis need oma poegade hooleks
36 ning jättis kolme päeva tee enese ja Jaakobi vahele; Jaakob aga jäi karjatama Laabani ülejäänud pudulojuseid.
37 Ja Jaakob võttis enesele papli-, mandli- ja plataanipuu tooreid keppe ja kooris neile valged vöödid, paljastades keppide valge värvi.
38 Siis ta pani kooritud kepid pudulojuste ette rennidesse ja veekünadesse, kuhu pudulojused tulid jooma; ja joomas olles nad paaritusid.
39 Ja kui pudulojused keppide juures paaritusid, siis pudulojused sünnitasid tallesid: keerdsabalisi, tähnilisi ja kirjusid!
40 Ja Jaakob eraldas noored jäärad: ta pööras isaloomade pead keerdsabaliste poole ja kõigi indlevate poole Laabani pudulojuste hulgas. Nõnda tegi ta enesele eraldi karjad ega pannud neid Laabani pudulojuste sekka.
41 Ja iga kord, kui tugevamad pudulojused paaritusid, pani Jaakob kepid künadesse pudulojuste silme ette, et nad paarituksid keppide juures.
42 Aga kui pudulojused olid väetimad, siis ta ei pannud. Nõnda said väetid Laabanile ja tugevamad Jaakobile.
43 Ja mees kosus üpris väga ja tal oli palju pudulojuseid, ümmardajaid ja sulaseid, kaameleid ja eesleid.
1 Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
3 Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.
4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
6 Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.
7 And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.
8 And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
9 When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
10 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.
11 And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.
12 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.
14 Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.
15 But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.
16 In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.
17 And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.
18 Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.
19 And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
20 And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.
21 After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.
22 Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.
24 And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.
25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.
27 And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
28 Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.
29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.
30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
31 And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
32 Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
33 And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
34 And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
35 So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;
36 And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.
37 Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.
38 And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
39 And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
40 These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.
41 And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.
42 But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.
43 So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.