Genesis:30

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* 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * And she gave him Balla her maid , for a wife to him ; and Jacob went in to her . * And Balla , Rachel ’s maid , conceived , and bore Jacob a son . * 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 , Daniel . * And Balla , Rachel ’s maid , conceived yet again , and bore a second son to Jacob . * And Rachel said , God has helped me , and I contended with my sister and prevailed ; and she called his name , Nephthalim . * 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 . * And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived , and bore Jacob a son . * And Lea said , It is happily : and she called his name , Gad . * And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again , and bore Jacob a second son . * And Lea said , I am blessed , for the women will pronounce me blessed ; and she called his name , Aser . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And God hearkened to Lea , and she conceived , and bore Jacob a fifth son . * 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 . * And Lea conceived again , and bore Jacob a sixth son . * 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 . * And after this she bore a daughter ; and she called her name , Dina . * And God remembered Rachel , and God hearkened to her , and he opened her womb . * And she conceived , and bore Jacob a son ; and Rachel said , God has taken away my reproach . * And she called his name Joseph , saying , Let God add to me another son . * 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 . * 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 . * And Laban said to him , If I have found grace in thy sight , (note :)Stay thou , perhaps understood ; Hebrews . I have argued that , etc .(:note ) I would augur well , for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in . * Appoint (note :)Lit . thy wages to or with me (:note ) me thy wages , and I will give them . * And Jacob said , Thou knowest in what things I have served thee , and how many cattle of thine are with me . * For it was little thou hadst before my time , and it is increased to a multitude , and the Lord God has blessed thee (note :)So A . V . but Gr . and Hebrews . literally , at my foot (:note ) since my coming ; now then , when shall I set up also my own house ? * 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 . * 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 . * And my righteousness shall (note :)Hearken to or obey me (:note ) 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 . * And Laban said to him , Let it be according to thy word . * 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 . * And he set a distance of a three days ’ journey between them (note :)Gr . and between ; Hebraism (:note ) and Jacob . And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind . * And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane-tree ; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes ; and as (note :)Apparently the nom . absol .(:note ) he drew off the green , the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods . * 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 . * So the cattle conceived at the rods , and the cattle brought forth young speckled , and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured spots . * 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 . * 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 . (note :)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 .(:note ) * 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 . * 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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