The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 30

Gen 30:1 And when Rachel [07354] saw [07200] (8799) that she bare [03205] (8804) Jacob [03290] no children, Rachel [07354] envied [07065] (8762) her sister [0269]; and said [0559] (8799) unto Jacob [03290], Give [03051] (8798) me children [01121], or else [0369] I die [04191] (8801).
Gen 30:2 And Jacob's [03290] anger [0639] was kindled [02734] (8799) against Rachel [07354]: and he said [0559] (8799), [Am] I in God's [0430] stead, who hath withheld [04513] (8804) from thee the fruit [06529] of the womb [0990]?
Gen 30:3 And she said [0559] (8799), Behold my maid [0519] Bilhah [01090], go in [0935] (8798) unto her; and she shall bear [03205] (8799) upon my knees [01290], that I may also have children [01129] (8735) by her.
Gen 30:4 And she gave [05414] (8799) him Bilhah [01090] her handmaid [08198] to wife [0802]: and Jacob [03290] went in [0935] (8799) unto her.
Gen 30:5 And Bilhah [01090] conceived [02029] (8799), and bare [03205] (8799) Jacob [03290] a son [01121].
Gen 30:6 And Rachel [07354] said [0559] (8799), God [0430] hath judged [01777] (8804) me, and hath also heard [08085] (8804) my voice [06963], and hath given [05414] (8799) me a son [01121]: therefore called [07121] (8804) she his name [08034] Dan [01835].
Gen 30:7 And Bilhah [01090] Rachel's [07354] maid [08198] conceived [02029] (8799) again, and bare [03205] (8799) Jacob [03290] a second [08145] son [01121].
Gen 30:8 And Rachel [07354] said [0559] (8799), With great [0430] wrestlings [05319] have I wrestled [06617] (8738) with my sister [0269], and I have prevailed [03201] (8804): and she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Naphtali [05321].
Gen 30:9 When Leah [03812] saw [07200] (8799) that she had left [05975] (8804) bearing [03205] (8800), she took [03947] (8799) Zilpah [02153] her maid [08198], and gave [05414] (8799) her Jacob [03290] to wife [0802].
Gen 30:10 And Zilpah [02153] Leah's [03812] maid [08198] bare [03205] (8799) Jacob [03290] a son [01121].
Gen 30:11 And Leah [03812] said [0559] (8799), A troop [01409] cometh [0935] (8804): and she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Gad [01410].
Gen 30:12 And Zilpah [02153] Leah's [03812] maid [08198] bare [03205] (8799) Jacob [03290] a second [08145] son [01121].
Gen 30:13 And Leah [03812] said [0559] (8799), Happy am I [0837], for the daughters [01323] will call me blessed [0833] (8765): and she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Asher [0836].
Gen 30:14 And Reuben [07205] went in [03212] (8799) the days [03117] of wheat [02406] harvest [07105], and found [04672] (8799) mandrakes [01736] in the field [07704], and brought [0935] (8686) them unto his mother [0517] Leah [03812]. Then Rachel [07354] said [0559] (8799) to Leah [03812], Give me [05414] (8798), I pray thee, of thy son's [01121] mandrakes [01736].
Gen 30:15 And she said [0559] (8799) unto her, [Is it] a small matter [04592] that thou hast taken [03947] (8800) my husband [0376]? and wouldest thou take away [03947] (8800) my son's [01121] mandrakes [01736] also? And Rachel [07354] said [0559] (8799), Therefore he shall lie [07901] (8799) with thee to night [03915] for [08478] thy son's [01121] mandrakes [01736].
Gen 30:16 And Jacob [03290] came [0935] (8799) out of the field [07704] in the evening [06153], and Leah [03812] went out [03318] (8799) to meet [07125] (8800) him, and said [0559] (8799), Thou must come in [0935] (8799) unto me; for surely [07936] (8800) I have hired [07936] (8804) thee with my son's [01121] mandrakes [01736]. And he lay [07901] (8799) with her that night [03915].
Gen 30:17 And God [0430] hearkened [08085] (8799) unto Leah [03812], and she conceived [02029] (8799), and bare [03205] (8799) Jacob [03290] the fifth [02549] son [01121].
Gen 30:18 And Leah [03812] said [0559] (8799), God [0430] hath given [05414] (8804) me my hire [07939], because [0834] I have given [05414] (8804) my maiden [08198] to my husband [0376]: and she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Issachar [03485].
Gen 30:19 And Leah [03812] conceived [02029] (8799) again, and bare [03205] (8799) Jacob [03290] the sixth [08345] son [01121].
Gen 30:20 And Leah [03812] said [0559] (8799), God [0430] hath endued [02064] (8804) me [with] a good [02896] dowry [02065]; now [06471] will my husband [0376] dwell [02082] (8799) with me, because I have born [03205] (8804) him six [08337] sons [01121]: and she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Zebulun [02074].
Gen 30:21 And afterwards [0310] she bare [03205] (8804) a daughter [01323], and called [07121] (8799) her name [08034] Dinah [01783].
Gen 30:22 And God [0430] remembered [02142] (8799) Rachel [07354], and God [0430] hearkened [08085] (8799) to her, and opened [06605] (8799) her womb [07358].
Gen 30:23 And she conceived [02029] (8799), and bare [03205] (8799) a son [01121]; and said [0559] (8799), God [0430] hath taken away [0622] (8804) my reproach [02781]:
Gen 30:24 And she called [07121] (8799) his name [08034] Joseph [03130]; and said [0559] (8800), The LORD [03068] shall add [03254] (8686) to me another [0312] son [01121].
Gen 30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel [07354] had born [03205] (8804) Joseph [03130], that Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) unto Laban [03837], Send me away [07971] (8761), that I may go [03212] (8799) unto mine own place [04725], and to my country [0776].
Gen 30:26 Give [05414] (8798) [me] my wives [0802] and my children [03206], for [02004] whom I have served [05647] (8804) thee, and let me go [03212] (8799): for thou knowest [03045] (8804) my service [05656] which I have done [05647] (8804) thee.
Gen 30:27 And Laban [03837] said [0559] (8799) unto him, I pray thee, if I have found [04672] (8804) favour [02580] in thine eyes [05869], [tarry: for] I have learned by experience [05172] (8765) that the LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288] (8762) me for thy sake [01558].
Gen 30:28 And he said [0559] (8799), Appoint [05344] (8798) me thy wages [07939], and I will give [05414] (8799) [it].
Gen 30:29 And he said [0559] (8799) unto him, Thou knowest [03045] (8804) how [0834] I have served [05647] (8804) thee, and how [0834] thy cattle [04735] was with me.
Gen 30:30 For it was little [04592] which thou hadst before I [06440] [came], and it is [now] increased [06555] (8799) unto a multitude [07230]; and the LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288] (8762) thee since my coming [07272]: and now when [04970] shall I provide [06213] (8799) for mine own house [01004] also?
Gen 30:31 And he said [0559] (8799), What shall I give thee [05414] (8799)? And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799), Thou shalt not give [05414] (8799) me any thing [03972]: if thou wilt do [06213] (8799) this thing [01697] for me, I will again [07725] (8799) feed [07462] (8799) and keep [08104] (8799) thy flock [06629]:
Gen 30:32 I will pass [05674] (8799) through all thy flock [06629] to day [03117], removing [05493] (8687) from thence all the speckled [05348] and spotted [02921] (8803) cattle [07716], and all the brown [02345] cattle [07716] among the sheep [03775], and the spotted [02921] (8803) and speckled [05348] among the goats [05795]: and [of such] shall be my hire [07939].
Gen 30:33 So shall my righteousness [06666] answer [06030] (8804) for me in time [03117] to come [04279], when it shall come [0935] (8799) for my hire [07939] before thy face [06440]: every one [03605] that is not speckled [05348] and spotted [02921] (8803) among the goats [05795], and brown [02345] among the sheep [03775], that shall be counted stolen [01589] (8803) with me.
Gen 30:34 And Laban [03837] said [0559] (8799), Behold, I would it might be [03863] according to thy word [01697].
Gen 30:35 And he removed [05493] (8686) that day [03117] the he goats [08495] that were ringstraked [06124] and spotted [02921] (8803), and all the she goats [05795] that were speckled [05348] and spotted [02921] (8803), and every one that had [some] white [03836] in it, and all the brown [02345] among the sheep [03775], and gave [05414] (8799) them into the hand [03027] of his sons [01121].
Gen 30:36 And he set [07760] (8799) three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870] betwixt himself and Jacob [03290]: and Jacob [03290] fed [07462] (8802) the rest [03498] (8737) of Laban's [03837] flocks [06629].
Gen 30:37 And Jacob [03290] took [03947] (8799) him rods [04731] of green [03892] poplar [03839], and of the hazel [03869] and chesnut tree [06196]; and pilled [06478] (8762) white [03836] strakes [06479] in them, and made the white [03836] appear [04286] which was in the rods [04731].
Gen 30:38 And he set [03322] (8686) the rods [04731] which he had pilled [06478] (8765) before [05227] the flocks [06629] in the gutters [07298] in the watering [04325] troughs [08268] when the flocks [06629] came [0935] (8799) to drink [08354] (8800), that they should conceive [03179] (8799) when they came [0935] (8800) to drink [08354] (8800).
Gen 30:39 And the flocks [06629] conceived [03179] (8799) before the rods [04731], and brought forth [03205] (8799) cattle [06629] ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and spotted [02921] (8803).
Gen 30:40 And Jacob [03290] did separate [06504] (8689) the lambs [03775], and set [05414] (8799) the faces [06440] of the flocks [06629] toward [0413] the ringstraked [06124], and all the brown [02345] in the flock [06629] of Laban [03837]; and he put [07896] (8799) his own flocks [05739] by themselves, and put [07896] (8804) them not unto Laban's [03837] cattle [06629].
Gen 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger [07194] (8794) cattle [06629] did conceive [03179] (8763), that Jacob [03290] laid [07760] (8804) the rods [04731] before the eyes [05869] of the cattle [06629] in the gutters [07298], that they might conceive [03179] (8763) among the rods [04731].
Gen 30:42 But when the cattle [06629] were feeble [05848] (8687), he put them not in [07760] (8799): so the feebler [05848] (8803) were Laban's [03837], and the stronger [07194] (8803) Jacob's [03290].
Gen 30:43 And the man [0376] increased [06555] (8799) exceedingly [03966] [03966], and had much [07227] cattle [06629], and maidservants [08198], and menservants [05650], and camels [01581], and asses [02543].

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