1 ولمَّا رأت راحيلُ أنَّها لم تَلِدْ ليعقوبَ غارتْ مِنْ أُختِها وقالت لِـيعقوبَ: «أعطِني أولادا، وإلاَّ أموتُ!» 2 فاحتدَّ يعقوبُ على راحيلَ وقالَ: «هل أنا مكانَ اللهِ؟ هوَ الّذي حرَمَكِ ثمَرةَ البَطنِ». 3 قالت: «هذِهِ جاريتي بِلْهةَ، أُدخُلْ علَيها فتلِدَ على رُكبتَيَّ، ويكونَ لي منها بَنونَ». 4 فأعطت يعقوبَ جاريتَها بِلْهةَ زوجةً، فدخلَ علَيها. 5 فحَبِلت بِلْهةُ وولدت ليعقوبَ ابنا. 6 فقالت راحيلُ: «دانني اللهُ، فسمِعَ لصوتي ورزَقَني ابنا». وسَمَّتْهُ دانَ. 7 وحَبِلت أيضا بِلْهةُ جاريةُ راحيلَ وولدتِ ابنا ثانيا ليعقوبَ، 8 فقالت راحيلُ: «خِداعا عظيما خَدعتُ أُختي وغلَبْتُ». وسَمَّتْهُ نفتالي.
9 ورأت لَيئةُ أنَّها توقَّفَت عنِ الولادةِ، فأخذت زِلفةَ جاريتَها وأعطَتْها ليعقوبَ زوجةً. 10 فولَدَت زِلفةُ ليعقوبَ ابنا، 11 فقالت لَيئةُ: «يا لمَجدي» وسَمَّتْهُ جادَ. 12 وولدت زِلفةُ ابنا ثانيا ليعقوبَ، 13 فقالت لَيئةُ: «يا لَسروري، لأنَّ جميعَ النِّساءِ ستهنِّئُني». وسَمَّتْهُ أشيرَ.
14 وخرجَ رَأوبـينُ في أيّامِ حَصادِ الحِنطةِ فوجدَ لُفَّاحا في الحَقلِ فجاءَ بِهِ إلى أُمِّهِ لَيئةَ. فقالت راحيلُ لِلَيئةَ: «أعطيني مِنْ لفَّاحِ ابنِكِ». 15 فقالت لها: «أمَا كفاكِ أنْ أخذتِ زوجي حتّى تأخذي لُفَّاحَ ابني أيضا؟» قالت راحيلُ: «إذا، ينامُ يعقوبُ عِندَكِ اللَّيلةَ بَدلَ لُفَّاح ابنِكِ!» 16 فلمَّا رجَعَ يعقوبُ مِنَ الحقلِ عندَ الغُروبِ خرجت لَيئةُ للقائِه وقالت لَه: «أُدخُلْ عليَّ اللَّيلةَ بَدلَ لُفَّاحِ ابني!» فنامَ عِندَها تلكَ اللَّيلةَ. 17 وسَمِعَ اللهُ دُعاءَ لَيئةَ فَحَبِلت وولدت ليعقوبَ ابنا خامِسا، 18 فقالت لَيئةُ: «جزاني اللهُ خَيرا لأنِّي أعطيتُ جاريتي لزوجي». وسمَّتْهُ يَسَّاكرَ. 19 وحَبِلت أيضا لَيئةُ وولدتِ ابنا سادسا ليعقوبَ، 20 فقالت: «وهبَني اللهُ هِبَةً حسَنةً، فالآنَ يَحتَمِلُني زوجي لأنِّي وَلَدْتُ لَه ستَّةَ بَنينَ». وسمَّتْهُ زبولونَ. 21 ثُمَّ وَلَدتِ ابنةً فسَمَّتها دينَةَ.
22 وذكَرَ اللهُ راحيلَ وسَمِعَ لها وجعَلَها وَلودا، 23 فحبِلَت وولدتِ ابنا فقالت: «أزالَ اللهُ عاري». 24 وسمَّتْهُ يوسُفَ وقالت: «يَزيدُني الرّبُّ ابنا آخرَ».
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25 فلمَّا ولدت راحيلُ يوسُفَ قالَ يعقوبُ للابانَ: «دعني أذهبُ إلى أرضي. 26 أعطني أولادي وزوجاتي اللَّواتي خدَمْتُكَ بِهِنَّ فأذهبَ. أنتَ تعلمُ كم خدَمْتُكَ». 27 فقالَ لَه لابانُ: «إنْ كنتَ راضيا عليَّ فأقِمْ عِندي. أنتَ فألُ خَيرٍ والرّبُّ باركَني بِسبَبِكَ. 28 عَيِّنْ لي أُجرتَكَ فأُعطيَكَ». 29 فأجابَه يعقوبُ: «أنتَ تعرِفُ كيفَ خدَمْتُك، وكيفَ كانت حالُ مَواشيكَ معي. 30 فالقليلُ الّذي كانَ لكَ قَبلَ مجيئي زادَ كثيرا، وباركَكَ الرّبُّ بَعدَ مجيئي. والآنَ فمتى أعمَلُ أنا أيضا لبـيتي؟» 31 قالَ: «ماذا عليَّ أنْ أُعطيَكَ؟» فقالَ يعقوبُ: «لا تُعطني شيئا، لكِن إذا فعَلْتَ ما أقترِحُه علَيكَ، فأنا أعودُ لأرعى غنمَكَ وأسهرَ علَيها: 32 دعني أعبرُ اليومَ بـينَ غنَمِك كُلِّها، وأعزِلُ منها كُلَّ أرقطَ وأبلقَ وأسودَ مِنَ الخرافِ، وكُلَّ أرقطَ وأبلقَ مِنَ المَعَزِ، فيكونَ ذلِكَ أجرَتي. 33 وغدا تشهَدُ أنِّي صادقٌ معَكَ، إذا جِئتَ وتحقَّقْتَ عنْ أُجرَتي هذِهِ، فكُلُّ ما هوَ غيرُ أرقطَ أو أبلقَ مِنَ المَعَزِ وأسودَ مِنَ الخِرافِ، يكونُ مسروقا عندي». 34 فقالَ لابانُ: «نعم، فليَكنْ مِثلمَا قلتَ». 35 وفرَزَ لابانُ في ذلِكَ اليومِ مِنَ القطيعِ جميعَ التُّيوسِ المُخَطَّطةِ والبَلقاءِ وكُلَّ عَنْزٍ رقطاءَ وبلقاءَ، أي كُلَّ ما فيه بَياضٌ، وكُلَّ أسودَ مِنَ الخِرافَ، وسلَّمَها إلى أيدي بنيه. 36 وابتعد هوَ وقطيعُهُ مسيرَةَ ثلاثةِ أيّامٍ عَنْ يعقوبَ، ورعى يعقوبُ غنَمَ لابانَ الباقيةَ.
37 وأخذَ يعقوبُ قُضبانَ حَورٍ خُضرا ولوزٍ ودِلْبٍ، وقشَّرَ فيها خُطوطا تكشِفُ عَنْ بـياضِ القُضبانِ، 38 وأوقفَ القُضبانَ المُقشَّرَةَ تُجاهَ الغنَمِ في أحواضِ مجاري الماءِ، حيثُ كانَت ترِدُ الغنَمُ لِتشربَ. 39 فكانَت تـتوحَّمُ الغنَمُ على القُضبانِ، فتَلِدُ ما هوَ مُخَطَّطٌ وأرقطُ وأبلقُ. 40 وفرَزَ يعقوبُ الخِرافَ وحوَّلَ وجوهَ الغنَمِ مِنْ مواشي لابانَ إلى كُلِّ مُخَطَّطٍ وأسودَ وجعَلَها لَه قطيعا مُنفصلا عَنْ غنَمِ لابانَ. 41 وكانَ يعقوبُ كُلَّما توَحَّمَتِ الغنَمُ القوِيَّةُ يضعُ القُضبانَ تُجاهَهَا في الأحواضِ للتوَحُّمِ علَيها. 42 وإذا كانَتِ الغنَمُ ضعيفةً لا يضعُها، فتصيرُ الضَّعيفةُ للابانَ والقَويَّةُ ليعقوبَ. 43 فاغتنى الرَّجلُ كثيرا جدًّا، وصارت لهُ غنَمٌ كثيرةٌ وجوارٍ وعبـيدٌ وجِمالٌ وحميرٌ.
1 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. 2 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? 3 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. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 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. 7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare 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 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. 15 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. 16 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. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 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. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 ¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 ¶ 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. 26 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. 27 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. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it . 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 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? 31 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: 32 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. 33 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. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might 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, 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. 36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 ¶ 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. 38 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. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 40 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. 41 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. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.