Genesis 30 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Sons of Jacob

Now when Rachel^H7354 saw^H7200 that she had not borne^H3205 Jacob^H3290 any children^H3205, [fn]she became^H7065 jealous^H7065 of her sister^H269; and she said^H559 to Jacob^H3290, “Give^H3051 me children^H1121, or else^H518^H369 I am going to die^H4191.”

Gen 30:2

Gen 30:2Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Gen 30:3

Gen 30:3Then she said, “Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may give birth [fn]on my knees, so that [fn]by her I too may obtain a child.”

Gen 30:4

Gen 30:4So she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.

Gen 30:5

Gen 30:5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

Gen 30:6

Gen 30:6Then Rachel said, “God has [fn]vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she named him [fn]Dan.

Gen 30:7

Gen 30:7And Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

Gen 30:8

Gen 30:8So Rachel said, “With [fn]mighty wrestling I have [fn]wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali.

Gen 30:9

When Leah^H3812 saw^H7200 that she had stopped^H5975 having^H3205 children^H3205, she took^H3947 her slave^H8198 Zilpah^H2153 and gave^H5414 her to Jacob^H3290 as a wife^H802.

Gen 30:10

Gen 30:10And Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

Gen 30:11

Gen 30:11Then Leah said, “[fn]How fortunate!” So she named him [fn]Gad.

Gen 30:12

Gen 30:12And Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

Gen 30:13

Gen 30:13Then Leah said, “[fn]Happy am I! For women will call me happy.” So she named him [fn]Asher.

Gen 30:14

Now in the days^H3117 of wheat^H2406 harvest^H7105 Reuben^H7205 went^H1980 and found^H4672 mandrake^H1736 fruits^H1736 in the field^H7704, and brought^H935 them to his mother^H517 Leah^H3812. Then Rachel^H7354 said^H559 to Leah^H3812, “Please^H4994 give^H5414 me some^H4480 of your son’s^H1121 mandrakes^H1736.”

Gen 30:15

Gen 30:15But she said to her, “Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son’s mandrakes also?” So Rachel said, “Therefore he may sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”

Gen 30:16

Gen 30:16When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must have relations with me, for I have indeed hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

Gen 30:17

Gen 30:17God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Gen 30:18

Gen 30:18Then Leah said, “God has given me my [fn]reward, because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Gen 30:19

Gen 30:19And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

Gen 30:20

Gen 30:20Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good gift; finally my husband [fn]will acknowledge me as his wife, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

Gen 30:21

Gen 30:21Afterward she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.

Gen 30:22

Then God^H430 remembered^H2142 Rachel^H7354, and God^H430 listened^H8085 to her and opened^H6605 her womb^H7358.

Gen 30:23

Gen 30:23So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

Gen 30:24

Gen 30:24And she named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD [fn]give me another son.”

Jacob Prospers

Gen 30:25

Now it came^H1961 about^H1961, when^H834 Rachel^H7354 had given^H3205 birth^H3205 to Joseph^H3130, that Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to Laban^H3837, “Send^H7971 me away^H7971, so that I may go^H1980 to my own place^H4725 and to my own country^H776.

Gen 30:26

Gen 30:26“Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you yourself know my service which I have [fn]rendered you.”

Gen 30:27

Gen 30:27But Laban said to him, “If [fn]it pleases you at all, stay with me; I have determined by divination that the LORD has blessed me on your account.”

Gen 30:28

Gen 30:28He [fn]continued, “Name me your wages, and I will give them.”

Gen 30:29

Gen 30:29But Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have [fn]fared with me.

Gen 30:30

Gen 30:30“For you had little before [fn]I came, and it has [fn]increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you [fn]wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?”

Gen 30:31

Gen 30:31So he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock:

Gen 30:32

Gen 30:32let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every speckled or spotted sheep and every black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted or speckled among the goats; and those shall be my wages.

Gen 30:33

Gen 30:33“So my [fn]honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my [fn]wages. Every one that is not speckled or spotted among the goats, or black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen.”

Gen 30:34

Gen 30:34Laban said, “[fn]Good, let it be according to your word.”

Gen 30:35

Gen 30:35So he removed on that day the striped or spotted male goats, and all the speckled or spotted female goats, every one with white on it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and put them in the [fn]care of his sons.

Gen 30:36

Gen 30:36And he put a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Gen 30:37

Then Jacob^H3290 [fn]took^H3947 fresh^H3892 rods^H4731 of poplar^H3839, almond^H3869, and plane^H6196 trees^H6196, and peeled^H6478 white^H3836 stripes^H6479 in them, exposing^H4286 the white^H3836 that was [fn]in the rods^H4731.

Gen 30:38

Gen 30:38He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the drinking troughs, that is, in the watering channels where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.

Gen 30:39

Gen 30:39So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks delivered striped, speckled, and spotted offspring.

Gen 30:40

Gen 30:40Then Jacob separated the lambs, and [fn]made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

Gen 30:41

Gen 30:41Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the drinking troughs, so that they would mate by the rods;

Gen 30:42

Gen 30:42but when the flock was sickly, he did not put them in; so the sickly were Laban’s, and the stronger were Jacob’s.

Gen 30:43

Gen 30:43So the man [fn]became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(30:1)

Lit Rachel

(30:3)

I.e., prob. referring to a ritual of adoption

(30:3)

Lit from her I too may be built

(30:6)

Lit judged

(30:6)

I.e., He judged

(30:8)

Lit wrestlings of God

(30:8)

Heb niphtal, related to Naphtali

(30:11)

Lit With fortune! Some ancient versions Fortune has come

(30:11)

I.e., Fortune

(30:13)

Lit With my happiness!

(30:13)

I.e., happy

(30:18)

Heb sachar, related to Issachar

(30:20)

Heb zabal, related to Zebulun

(30:24)

Lit add to me; Heb Joseph

(30:26)

Lit served

(30:27)

Lit I have found favor in your eyes

Lit said

Lit been

Lit me

Lit broken forth

Lit at my foot

Lit righteousness

Lit wages which are before you

(30:34)

Lit Behold, would that it might be

(30:35)

Lit hand

(30:37)

Lit took to himself

(30:37)

Lit on

(30:40)

Lit set the faces

(30:43)

Lit broke forth

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