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Genesis 30
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Ἰδοῦσα δὲ Ῥαχὴλ ὅτι οὐ τέτοκεν τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐζήλωσεν Ῥαχὴλ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς, καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἰακωβ Δός μοι τέκνα· εἰ δὲ μή, τελευτήσω ἐγώ.
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
ἐθυμώθη δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῇ Ῥαχὴλ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Μῆ ἀντὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι, ὃς ἐστέρησέν σε καρπὸν κοιλίας ;
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τῷ Ἰακώβ Ἴδου ἡ παιδίσκη μου Βάλλα, εἴσελθε πρὸς καὶ τέξεται ἐπὶ τῶν γονάτων μου, ἵνα τεκνοποιήσωμαι κἀγὼ ἐξ αὐτῆς.
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Βάλλαν τὴν παιδίσκην κἠν αὐτῆς αὐτῷ γυναῖκα, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ·
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
καὶ συνέλαβεν Βάλλα ἡ παιδίσκη Ραχήλ καὶ ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν.
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
καὶ εἶπεν Ῥαχήλ Ἔκρινέν μοι ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἐπήκουσεν τῆς φωνῆς μου καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι υἱόν. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Δάν.
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan (note: Dan means He has judged or He has vindicated.).
καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Βάλλα ἡ παιδίσκη ὴλ καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν δεύτερον τῷ Ἰακώβ.
And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
καὶ εἶπεν Ῥαχήλ Συνεὁ θεός, καὶ συνανεστράφην τῇ ἀδελφῇ μου, καὶ ἠδυνάσθην. τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νεφθαλεί.
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali (note: Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling.).
ἴδεν δὲ Λεία ὅτι ἔστη τοῦ τίκτειν, καὶ ἔλαβεν Ζέλφαν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν Ιακὼβ γυναῖκα.
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
εἰσῆλθεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ· καὶ συνέλαβεν Ζέλφα ἡ παιδίσκη Λείας καὶ ἔτεκεν τῶ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν.
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
καὶ εἶπεν Λεία Εν τύχῃ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Γάδ.
Then Leah said, “How fortunate (note: Alternate MT reading (see also LXX); the other alternate reads “A troop is coming!”)!” So she named him Gad (note: Gad sounds like the Hebrew for good fortune, or alternately for band of raiders.).
καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Ζέλφα ἡ παιδίσκη λείας καὶ ἔτεκεν ἔτι τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱὸν
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
καὶ εἶπεν λεία Μακαρία ἐγώ, ὅτι μακαρίζουσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες· κα ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀσήρ.
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher (note: Asher means happy.).
ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ῥουβὴν ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ πυρῶν καὶ εὗρεν μῆλα μανδραγόρου ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ πρὸς Λείαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ Ραχὴλ τῇ Λείᾳ Δός μοι τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου.
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
εἶπεν δὲ Λεία οὐχ ἱκανόν σοι ὅτι ἔλαβες τὸν ἄνδρα μου ; μὴ καὶ τοὺς μανδραγόρας τοῦ υἱοῦ μου λήμψῃ; εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχήλ οὐχ οὕτως· κοίμηθήτω μετὰ σοῦ τὴν νύκτα ταύτην ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου.
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
εἰσῆλθεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἑσπέρας, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Λεία εἰς συνάναὐτῷ καὶ εἶπεν Πρὸς ἐμὲ εἰσελεύσῃ σήμερον· μεμίσθωμαι γάρ σε ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ μου· καὶ ἐκοιμήθη μετ’ αὐτῆς τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην.
When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῆς ὁ θεός, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱὸν πέμπτον.
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
καὶ εἶπεν Λεία Δέδωκέν μοι ὁ θεὸς τὸν μισθόν μου ἀνθ’ ὧν ἔδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου τῷ ἀνδρί μου· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰσσαχάρ, ὅ ἐστιν Μισθός.
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar (note: Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages or reward.).
καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Λεία καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν ἕκτον τῷ Ἰακώβ.
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
καὶ εἶπεν Λεία Δεδώρηται ὁ θεός μοι δῶρον καλόν· ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ αἱρετιεῖ με ὁ ἀνήρ μου, τέτοκα γὰρ αὐτῷ υἱοὺς ἕξ· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ζαβουλών.
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun (note: Zebulun sounds like the Hebrew for honor.).
καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔτεκεν θυγατέρα, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Δεινά. καὶ ἔστη τοῦ τίκτειν.
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
ἐμνήσθη δὲ ὁ θεὸς Ῥαχήλ· καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῆς ὁ θεός, καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτῆς τὴν μήτραν·
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. εἶπεν δὲ Ραχήλ Ἀφεῖλεν ὁ θεός μου τὸ ὄνειδος·
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωσὴφ λέγουσα Προσθέτω ὁ θεός μοι υἱὸν ρον.
She named him Joseph (note: Joseph means may He add.), and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
Ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς ἔτεκεν Ῥαχὴλ τὸν ἸωσήΦ, εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ Λαβάν Ἁπόστειλόν με ἵνα ἀπέλθω εἰς τὸν τόπον μου καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου.
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
ἀπόδος μοι τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ παιδία, περὶ ὧν σοι, ἵνα ἀπέλθω· σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεις τὴν δουλίαν ἣν δεδούλευκά σοι.
Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Λαβάν Εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, οἰωνισάμην ἄν· εὐλόγησεν γάρ με ὁ θεὸς τῇ σῇ εἰσόδῳ.
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
διάστειλον τὸν μισθόν σου πρὸς μέ, καὶ δώσω σοι.
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ Σὺ γινώσκεις δεδούλευκά σοι, καὶ ὅσα ἦν κτήνη σου μετ’ ἐμοῦ.
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
μικρὰ γὰρ ἦν ἦν ἐναντίον μου, καὶ ηὐξήθη εἰς πλῆθος· καὶ ηὐλόγησέν σε Κύριος ἐπὶ τῷ ποδί μου. νῦν οὖν πότε ποιήσω κἀγὼ ἐμαυτῷ οἶκον ;
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λαβάν Τί σοι δώσω; εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ Οὐ δώσεις μοι οὐθέν· ἐὰν ποιήσεις μοι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, πάλιν ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ φυλάξω.
“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
παρελθάτω τὰ πρόβατά σου σήμερον, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν πᾶν πρόβατον φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασιν καὶ πᾶν διάραντον καὶ λευκὸν ἐν ταῖς αἰξίν· ἱστᾶι μοι μισθός.
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
καὶ ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου ἐν τῆ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ αὔριον, ὅτι ἐστὶν ὁ μισθός μου ἐνώπιόν σου· πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ῥαντὸν καὶ διάλευκον ἐν ταῖς αἰξὶν καὶ φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασιν, κεκλεμμένον ἔσται παρ’ ἐμοί.
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
καὶ διέστειλεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τοὺς τράγους τοὺς ῥαντοὺς καὶ τοὺς διαλεύκους, καὶ πάσας τὰς αἶγας τὰς ῥαντὰς καὶ τὰς διαλεύκους, καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἦν λευκὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἦν φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασιν, καὶ ἔδωκεν διὰ χειρὸς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
καὶ ἀπέστησεν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰακώβ· Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐποίμαινεν τὰ πρόβατα Λαβὰν τὰ ὑπολειφθέντα.
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
ἔλαβεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακὼβ ῥάβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυίνην καὶ πλατάνου, καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰς Ἰακὼβ λεπίσματα λευκά, περισύρων τὸ χλωρόν· ἐφαίνετο δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς ῥάβδοις τὸ λευκὸν ὃ ἐλέπισεν ποικίλον.
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
καὶ παρέθηκεν τὰς ῥάβδους ἃς ἐλέπισεν ἐν ταῖς ληνοῖς τῶν τοῦ ὕδατος, ἵνα ὡς ἄν ἔλθωσιν τὰ πρόβατα πιεῖν, ἐνώπιον τῶν καὶ ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πιεῖν, ἐνκισσήσωσιν τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὰς ῥάβδους.
Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
καὶ ἔτικτον τὰ πρόβατα διάλευκα καὶ ποικίλα καὶ σποδοειδῆ ῥαντά.
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
τοὺς δὲ ἀμνοὺς διέστειλεν Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἔστησεν ἔναν. τίον τῶν προβάτων κριὸν διάλευκον καὶ πᾶν ποικίλον ἐν τοῖς ἀμνοῖς· καὶ διεχώρισεν ἑαυτῷ ποίμνια καθ’ ἑαυτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἔμιξεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα Λαβάν.
Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ᾧ ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα, ἔθηκεν Ἰακὼβ τὰς ῥάβδους ἐναντίον τῶν προβάτων ἐν ταῖς ληνοῖς, τοῦ ἐνκισσῆαι αὐτὰ κατὰ τὰς ῥάβδους·
Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
ἡνίκα γὰρ ἔτεκον τὰ πρόβατα, οὐκ ἐτίθει· ἐγένετο δὲ τὰ ἄσημα τοῦ Λαβάν, τὰ δὲ ἐπίσημα τοῦ Ἰακώβ.
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
καὶ ἐπλούτησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος σφόδρα σφόδρα· καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ κτήνη πολλὰ καὶ βόες καὶ παῖδες καὶ παιδίσκοι καὶ κάμηλοι καὶ ὄνοι.
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.