Chapter 30

¹ And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die. ² And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb? ³ And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her. ⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her. ⁵ And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob. ⁸ And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Naphtali. ⁹ And Leah saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her. ¹⁰ And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad. ¹² And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son. ¹³ And Leah said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Asher. ¹⁴ And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, Give me of thy son’s mandrakes. ¹⁵ And Leah said, [Is it] not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son’s mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee tonight for thy son’s mandrakes. ¹⁶ And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for 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 reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward. ¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son. ²⁰ And Leah said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zebulun. ²¹ And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dinah. ²² And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach. ²⁴ And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.

ΙΔΟΥΣΑ δὲ Ραχὴλ ὅτι οὐ τέτοκε τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐζήλωσε Ραχὴλ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπε τῷ Ἰακώβ· δός μοι τέκνα· εἰ δὲ μή, τελευτήσω ἐγώ. θυματωθεὶς δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῇ Ραχὴλ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· μὴ ἀντὶ Θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι, ὃς ἐστέρησέ σε καρπὸν κοιλίας; εἶπε δὲ Ραχὴλ τῷ Ἰακώβ· ἰδοὺ ἡ παιδίσκη μου Βαλλά· εἴσελθε πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ τέξεται ἐπὶ τῶν γονάτων μου, καὶ τεκνοποιήσομαι κἀγὼ ἐξ αὐτῆς. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Βαλλὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς αὐτῷ γυναῖκα· καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ. καὶ συνέλαβε Βαλλὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Ραχὴλ καὶ ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. καὶ εἶπε Ραχήλ· ἔκρινέ μοι ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἐπήκουσε τῆς φωνῆς μου καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι υἱόν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Δάν. καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Βαλλὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Ραχὴλ καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν δεύτερον τῷ Ἰακώβ. καὶ εἶπε Ραχήλ· συναντελάβετό μου ὁ Θεός, καὶ συνανεστράφην τῇ ἀδελφῇ μου καὶ ἠδυνάσθην· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νεφθαλείμ. Εἶδε δὲ Λεία ὅτι ἔστη τοῦ τίκτειν, καὶ ἔλαβε Ζελφὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν τῷ Ἰακὼβ γυναῖκα. καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν καὶ συνέλαβε Ζελφὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Λείας καὶ ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. καὶ εἶπε Λεία. ἐν τύχῃ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Γάδ. καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Ζελφὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Λείας καὶ ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱὸν δεύτερον. καὶ εἶπε Λεία· μακαρία ἐγώ, ὅτι μακαριοῦσί με αἱ γυναῖκες· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀσήρ. Ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ρουβὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θερισμοῦ πυρῶν καὶ εὗρε μῆλα μανδραγορῶν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ πρὸς Λείαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ· εἶπε δὲ Ραχὴλ Λείᾳ τῇ ἀδελφῇ αὐτῆς· δός μοι τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου. εἶπε δὲ Λεία· οὐχ ἱκανόν σοι ὅτι ἔλαβες τὸν ἄνδρα μου; μὴ καὶ τοὺς μανδραγόρας τοῦ υἱοῦ μου λήψῃ; εἶπε δὲ Ραχήλ· οὐχ οὕτως· κοιμηθήτω μετὰ σοῦ τὴν νύκτα ταύτην ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου. εἰσῆλθε δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἑσπέρας, καὶ ἐξῆλθε Λεία εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπε· πρὸς ἐμὲ εἰσελεύσῃ σήμερον· μεμίσθωμαι γάρ σε ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ μου. καὶ ἐκοιμήθη μετ᾿ αὐτῆς τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην. καὶ ἐπήκουσεν ὁ Θεὸς Λείας, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱὸν πέμπτον. καὶ εἶπε Λεία· δέδωκέ μοι ὁ Θεὸς τὸν μισθόν μου, ἀνθ᾿ οὗ ἔδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου τῷ ἀνδρί μου· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰσσάχαρ, ὅ ἐστι μισθός. καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Λεία καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν ἕκτον τῷ Ἰακώβ. καὶ εἶπε Λεία· δεδώρηται ὁ Θεός μοι δῶρον καλὸν ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ· αἱρετιεῖ με ὁ ἀνήρ μου, τέτοκα γὰρ αὐτῷ υἱοὺς ἕξ· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ζαβουλών. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔτεκε θυγατέρα καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Δείνα. Ἐμνήσθη δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς Ραχήλ, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῆς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτῆς τὴν μήτραν, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. εἶπε δὲ Ραχήλ· ἀφεῖλεν ὁ Θεός μου τὸ ὄνειδος· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωσὴφ λέγουσα· προσθέτω ὁ Θεός μοι υἱὸν ἕτερον.

²⁵ And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land. ²⁶ Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee. ²⁷ And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in. ²⁸ Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [them]. ²⁹ And Jacob said, Thou knowest in what things I have served thee, and how many cattle of thine are with me. ³⁰ For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house? ³¹ And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and Jacob said to him, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend thy flocks and keep them. ³² Let all thy sheep pass by today, and separate thence every gray sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—[this] shall be my reward. ³³ And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and gray among the rams, shall be stolen with me. ³⁴ And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word. ³⁵ And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was gray among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons. ³⁶ And he set a distance of a three days’ journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind. ³⁷ And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods. ³⁸ And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods. ³⁹ So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-colored [spots]. ⁴⁰ And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban. ⁴¹ And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods. ⁴² But he did not put them in [indiscriminately] whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban’s, and the marked ones Jacob’s. ⁴³ And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς ἔτεκε Ραχὴλ τὸν Ἰωσήφ, εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ τῷ Λάβαν· ἀπόστειλόν με, ἵνα ἀπέλθω εἰς τὸν τόπον μου καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου. ἀπόδος τὰς γυναῖκάς μου καὶ τὰ παιδία μου, περὶ ὧν δεδούλευκά σοι, ἵνα ἀπέλθω· σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεις τὴν δουλείαν, ἣν δεδούλευκά σοι. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Λάβαν· εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, οἰωνισάμην ἄν· εὐλόγησε γάρ με ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ εἰσόδῳ. διάστειλον τὸν μισθόν σου πρός με, καὶ δώσω. εἶπε δὲ Ἰακώβ· σὺ γινώσκεις ἃ δεδούλευκά σοι καὶ ὅσα ἦν κτήνη σου μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ· μικρὰ γὰρ ἦν ὅσα σοι ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ, καὶ ηὐξήθη εἰς πλῆθος, καὶ εὐλόγησέ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ποδί μου. νῦν οὖν πότε ποιήσω κἀγὼ ἐμαυτῷ οἶκον; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λάβαν· τί σοι δώσω; εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ· οὐ δώσεις μοι οὐδέν· ἐὰν ποιήσῃς μοι τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, πάλιν ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ φυλάξω. παρελθέτω πάντα τὰ πρόβατά σου σήμερον, καὶ διαχώρισον ἐκεῖθεν πᾶν πρόβατον φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασι καὶ πᾶν διάλευκον καὶ ραντὸν ἐν ταῖς αἰξίν· ἔσται μοι μισθός. καὶ ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐπαύριον, ὅτι ἐστὶν ὁ μισθός μου ἐνώπιόν σου· πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ραντὸν καὶ διάλευκον ἐν ταῖς αἰξὶ καὶ φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασι, κεκλεμμένον ἔσται παρ᾿ ἐμοί. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Λάβαν· ἔστω κατὰ τὸ ρῆμά σου. καὶ διέστειλεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τοὺς τράγους τοὺς ραντοὺς καὶ τοὺς διαλεύκους καὶ πάσας τὰς αἶγας τὰς ραντὰς καὶ τὰς διαλεύκους καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἦν φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασι, καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἦν λευκὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔδωκε διὰ χειρὸς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἀπέστησεν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰακώβ. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐποίμανε τὰ πρόβατα Λάβαν τὰ ὑπολειφθέντα. ἔλαβε δὲ ἑαυτῷ Ἰακὼβ ράβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυΐνην καὶ πλατάνου, καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰς Ἰακὼβ λεπίσματα λευκὰ περισύρων τὸ χλωρόν· ἐφαίνετο δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς ράβδοις τὸ λευκόν, ὃ ἐλέπισε, ποικίλον. καὶ παρέθηκε τὰς ράβδους, ἃς ἐλέπισεν ἐν τοῖς ληνοῖς τῶν ποτιστηρίων τοῦ ὕδατος, ἵνα ὡς ἂν ἔλθωσι τὰ πρόβατα πιεῖν ἐνώπιον τῶν ράβδων, ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν πιεῖν, ἐγκισσήσωσι τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὰς ράβδους· καὶ ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὰς ράβδους καὶ ἔτικτον τὰ πρόβατα διάλευκα καὶ ποικίλα καὶ σποδοειδῆ ραντά. τοὺς δὲ ἀμνοὺς διέστειλεν Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐναντίον τῶν προβάτων κριὸν διάλευκον καὶ πᾶν ποικίλον ἐν τοῖς ἀμνοῖς· καὶ διεχώρισεν ἑαυτῷ ποίμνια καθ᾿ ἑαυτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἔμιξεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα Λάβαν. ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ, ᾧ ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα, ἔθηκεν Ἰακὼβ τὰς ράβδους ἐναντίον τῶν προβάτων ἐν τοῖς ληνοῖς τοῦ ἐγκισσῆσαι αὐτὰ κατὰ τὰς ράβδους· ἡνίκα δ᾿ ἂν ἔτεκε τὰ πρόβατα, οὐκ ἐτίθει· ἐγένετο δὲ τὰ μὲν ἄσημα τοῦ Λάβαν, τά δὲ ἐπίσημα τοῦ Ἰακώβ. καὶ ἐπλούτισεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος σφόδρα σφόδρα, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ κτήνη πολλὰ καὶ βόες καὶ παῖδες, καὶ παιδίσκαι καὶ κάμηλοι καὶ ὄνοι.