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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.
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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. 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?
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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. And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by 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. And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to 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. And Balla, Rachel’s maid, conceived, and bore Jacob 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. And Rachel said, God has given judgement for me, and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, 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. And Balla, Rachel’s maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
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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, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.
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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. And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
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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. And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob 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. And Lea said, It is happily: and she called his name, 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. And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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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 Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
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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. And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy 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. And Lea 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 to-night for thy son’s mandrakes.
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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. And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea 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.
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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 hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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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. And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.
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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. And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
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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 Lea 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, Zabulon.
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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. And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
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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. And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
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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. And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
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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. And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
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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. 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.
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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. 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.
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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. And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, Stay thou, perhaps understood; Heb. I have argued that, etc. I would augur well, for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.
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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. Appoint Lit. thy wages to or with me me thy wages, and I will give 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. And Jacob said, Thou knowest in what things I have served thee, and how many cattle of thine are with me.
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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. For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee So A. V. but Gr. and Heb. literally, at my foot since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
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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. 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.
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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. Let all thy sheep pass by to-day, and separate thence every grey sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—this shall be my reward.
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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. And my righteousness shall Hearken to or obey me answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
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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. And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.
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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. And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was grey among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand 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. And he set a distance of a three days’ journey between them Gr. and between; Hebraism and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
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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. And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane-tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as Apparently the nom. absol. he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.
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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. 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.
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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. So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth young speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured spots.
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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. 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.
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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. 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. The meaning of the Hebrew seems to be, when the cattle were weak from any cause. The LXX by assigning the yeaning time as the cause, have obscured the passage. Of course Jacob would not put them in then.
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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 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 were Jacob’s.
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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. And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maid-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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