Genesis:30

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* And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children , Rachel envied her sister ; and she said unto Jacob , Give me children , and if not , I die . * 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 ? * 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 . * And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife , and Jacob went in unto her . * And Bilhah conceived , and bore Jacob a son . * And Rachel said , God hath judged me , and hath also heard my voice , and hath given me a son : therefore called she his name Daniel . * And Bilhah , Rachel ’s maid , conceived again , and bore Jacob a second son . * And Rachel said , Contests of God have I contended with my sister , I have also prevailed : and she called his name Naphtali . * When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing , she took Zilpah her maid , and gave her to Jacob for wife . * And Zilpah Leah ’s maid bore Jacob a son . * And Leah said , Good luck hath come : and she called his name Gad . * And Zilpah Leah ’s maid bore a second son unto Jacob . * And Leah said , To my happiness ; for the daughters will call me blessed : and she called his name Asher . * And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest , and found mandrakes in the field , and he brought them unto Leah his mother ; then Rachel said to Leah , Give me , I pray thee , of thy son ’s mandrakes . * And she said unto her , Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband ? and wouldst thou also take away my son ’s mandrakes ? And Rachel said , Therefore shall he be with thee to –night for thy son ’s mandrakes . * And Jacob came out of the field in the evening , and Leah went out to meet him , and said , Unto me thou must come in ; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my son ’s mandrakes . And he lay with her that night . * And God hearkened unto Leah , and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son . * And Leah said , God hath given me my reward , because I have given my maid to my husband : and she called his name Issachar . * And Leah conceived again , and bore a sixth son unto Jacob . * And Leah said , God hath endued me with a good dowry ; now will my husband dwell with me , because I have borne him six sons ; and she called his name Zebulun . * And afterward she bore a daughter , and she called her name Dinah . * And God remembered Rachel , and God hearkened to her , and opened her womb . * And she conceived , and bore a son ; and she said , God hath taken away my reproach . * And she called his name Joseph , saying , The Lord shall add to me another son . * And it came to pass , when Rachel had borne Joseph , that Jacob said unto Laban , Send me away , that I may go unto my own place , and to my country . * Give me my wives and my children , for whom I have served thee , and let me go ; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee . * And Laban said unto him , If I could but find favor in thy eyes ; I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake : * And he said , Appoint me thy wages , and I will give them . * And he said unto him , Thou knowest how I have served thee , and what thy cattle hath become with me . * For it was a little which thou hadst before I came , and it is now increased into a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming ; and now when shall I provide also for my own house ? * And he said , What shall I give thee ? And Jacob said , Thou shalt not give me the least ; if thou wilt do this thing for me , I will again feed and keep thy flock : * I will pass through all thy flock today , removing from there every speckled and spotted lamb , and every brown lamb among the sheep , and whatever is spotted and speckled among the goats ; and such shall be after this my reward . * And my righteousness shall testify for me in time to come , when it shall come with my reward 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 . * And Laban said , Well , let it be according to thy word . * And he removed on that day the he –goats that were ring –streaked and spotted , and all the she –goats that were speckled and spotted , every one that had some white on it , and all the brown among the sheep , and gave them into the hand of his sons . * And he put a space of three days ’ journey between himself and Jacob ; and Jacob fed the flocks of Laban that were left . * And Jacob took himself rods of green poplar , and of the hazel and chestnut tree ; and peeled thereon white streaks , laying bare the white which was on the rods . * And he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs , where the flocks came to drink , just before the flocks , and where they conceived , when they came to drink . * And the flocks conceived before the rods , and brought forth ring –streaked , speckled , and spotted . * And these lambs did Jacob separate , and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring –streaked , and whatever was brown in the flock of Laban ; and he put his own flocks by themselves , and put them not with Laban ’s cattle . * 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 . * But when the cattle were feeble , he put them not in ; so the feebler belonged to Laban , and the stronger to Jacob . * And the man increased exceedingly , and he had many flocks , and maid –servants , and men –servants , and camels , and asses .

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