Genesis Chapter 30
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
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and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
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until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?
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And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
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Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
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And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
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and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
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And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
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Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
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and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:
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and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
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and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
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And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
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And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
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And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
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and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
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And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
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so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,
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then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
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And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.
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And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in its place.
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And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
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And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
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While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.
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And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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And Leah’s eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
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And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
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And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I inGod's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
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And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.
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And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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And Rachel said,God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.
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And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.
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And Rachel said, Wrestlings ofGod have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
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And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
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And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.
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And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.
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And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.
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And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.
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And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
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And she said to her, Is it [too] little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
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And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
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AndGod hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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And Leah said,God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.
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And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;
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and Leah said,God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
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And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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AndGod remembered Rachel, andGod listened to her, and opened her womb.
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And she conceived, and bore a son, and said,God has taken away my reproach.
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And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.
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And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.
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Give [me] my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.
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And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes — I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.
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And he said, Appoint to me thy wages, and I will give it.
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And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.
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For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house?
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And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:
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I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and [that] shall be my hire.
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And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.
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And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.
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And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
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And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.
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And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.
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And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.
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And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
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And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban's flock.
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And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;
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but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.
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And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.
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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.
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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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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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And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
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And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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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.
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And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
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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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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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And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
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And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
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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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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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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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And God hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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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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And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
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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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And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
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And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
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And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
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And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
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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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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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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.
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Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [them].
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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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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?
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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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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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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 grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
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And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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Cernens autem Rachel quod infecunda esset, invidit sorori suæ, et ait marito suo: Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar.
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Cui iratus respondit Iacob: Num pro Deo ego sum, qui privavit te fructu ventris tui?
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At illa: Habeo, inquit, famulam Balam: ingredere ad illam, ut pariat super genua mea, et habeam ex illa filios.
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Deditque illi Balam in coniugium: quæ,
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ingresso ad se viro, concepit, et peperit filium.
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Dixitque Rachel: Iudicavit mihi Dominus, et exaudivit vocem meam, dans mihi filium. et idcirco appellavit nomen eius, Dan.
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Rursumque Bala concipiens, peperit alterum,
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pro quo ait Rachel: Comparavit me Deus cum sorore mea, et invalui: vocavitque eum, Nephthali.
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Sentiens Lia quod parere desiisset, Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit.
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Qua post conceptum edente filium,
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dixit: Feliciter. et idcirco vocavit nomen eius, Gad.
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Peperit quoque Zelpha alterum.
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Dixitque Lia: Hoc pro beatitudine mea: Beatam quippe me dicent mulieres. propterea appellavit eum, Aser.
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Egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeæ in agrum, reperit mandragoras: quas matri Liæ detulit. Dixitque Rachel: Da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui.
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Illa respondit: Parumne tibi videtur quod præripueris maritum mihi, nisi etiam mandragoras filii mei tuleris? Ait Rachel: Dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui.
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Redeuntique ad vesperam Iacob de agro, egressa est in occursum eius Lia, et ad me, inquit, intrabis: quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei. Dormivitque cum ea nocte illa.
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Et exaudivit Deus preces eius: concepitque et peperit filium quintum,
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et ait: Dedit Deus mercedem mihi, quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo. appellavitque nomen eius, Issachar.
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Rursum Lia concipiens, peperit sextum filium,
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et ait: Dotavit me Deus dote bona: etiam hac vice mecum erit maritus meus, eo quod genuerim ei sex filios: et idcirco appellavit nomen eius, Zabulon.
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Post quem peperit filiam, nomine Dinam.
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Recordatus quoque Dominus Rachelis, exaudivit eam, et aperuit vulvam eius.
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Quæ concepit, et peperit filium, dicens: Abstulit Deus opprobrium meum.
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Et vocavit nomen eius, Ioseph, dicens: Addat mihi Dominus filium alterum.
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Nato autem Ioseph, dixit Iacob socero suo: Dimitte me ut revertar in patriam, et ad terram meam.
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Da mihi uxores, et liberos meos, pro quibus servivi tibi, ut abeam: tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi.
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Ait illi Laban: Inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo: experimento didici, quia benedixerit mihi Deus propter te:
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constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi.
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At ille respondit: Tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi, et quanta in manibus meis fuerit possessio tua.
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Modicum habuisti antequam venirem ad te, et nunc dives effectus es: benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum. iustum est igitur ut aliquando provideam etiam domui meæ.
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Dixitque Laban: Quid tibi dabo? At ille ait: Nihil volo: sed si feceris quod postulo, iterum pascam, et custodiam pecora tua.
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Gyra omnes greges tuos, et separa cunctas oves varias, et sparso vellere; quodcumque furvum, et maculosum, variumque fuerit, tam in ovibus quam in capris, erit merces mea.
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Respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea, quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te: et omnia quæ non fuerint varia, et maculosa, et furva, tam in ovibus quam in capris, furti me arguent.
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Dixitque Laban: Gratum habeo quod petis.
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Et separavit in die illa capras, et oves, et hircos, et arietes varios, atque maculosos: cunctum autem gregem unicolorem, id est albi, et nigri velleris, tradidit in manu filiorum suorum.
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Et posuit spatium itineris trium dierum inter se et generum, qui pascebat reliquos greges eius.
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Tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides, et amygdalinas, et ex platanis, ex parte decorticavit eas: detractisque corticibus, in his, quæ spoliata fuerant, candor apparuit: illa vero quæ integra fuerant, viridia permanserunt: atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius.
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Posuitque eas in canalibus, ubi effundebatur aqua: ut cum venissent greges ad bibendum, ante oculos haberent virgas, et in aspectu earum conciperent.
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Factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus, oves intuerentur virgas, et parerent maculosa, et varia, et diverso colore respersa.
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Divisitque gregem Iacob, et posuit virgas in canalibus ante oculos arietum: erant autem alba et nigra quæque, Laban: cetera vero, Iacob, separatis inter se gregibus.
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Igitur quando primo tempore ascendebantur oves, ponebat Iacob virgas in canalibus aquarum ante oculos arietum et ovium, ut in earum contemplatione conciperent:
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quando vero serotina admissura erat, et conceptus extremus, non ponebat eas. Factaque sunt ea quæ erant serotina, Laban: et quæ primi temporis, Iacob.
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Ditatusque est homo ultra modum, et habuit greges multos, ancillas et servos, camelos et asinos.
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When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
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Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
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She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
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Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.
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Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
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When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
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Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
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Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
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Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.
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Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
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Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
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Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.
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God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
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Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
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Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.
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Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
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God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
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She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
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She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add another son to me.”
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When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
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Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
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Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”
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He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
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Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
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For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. The LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”
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Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
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I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
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So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.”
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Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”
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That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
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He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
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The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
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Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.
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Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the watering troughs, that they might conceive among the rods;
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but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
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The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
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And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none--I die.'
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And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
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And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'
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and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
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and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,
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and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan.
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And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,
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and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.
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And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;
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and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,
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and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.
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And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,
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and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.
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And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'
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And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.'
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And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.
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And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,
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and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.
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And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,
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and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me--a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun;
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and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.
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And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,
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and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;'
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and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.'
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And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land;
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give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou--thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'
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And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes--I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'
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He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.'
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And he saith unto him, `Thou--thou hast known that which I have served thee <FI>in<Fi> , and that which thy substance was with me;
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for <FI>it is<Fi> little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'
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And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;
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I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats--and it hath been my hire;
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and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; --every one which is not speckled and spotted among <FI>my<Fi> goats, and brown among <FI>my<Fi> lambs--it is stolen with me.'
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And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;'
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and he turneth aside during that day the ring-streaked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that <FI>hath<Fi> white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,
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and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.
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And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that <FI>is<Fi> on the rods,
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and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;
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and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.
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And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-streaked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.
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And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,
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and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set <FI>them<Fi> ; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.
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And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).