(KJV) Genesis 30¹

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⥃Dan and Naphtali

[1] And when Rachel² saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied³ her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die⁴. [2] And Jacob’s anger⁵ was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I⁶ in God’s stead, who hath withheld⁷ from thee the fruit of the womb? [3] And she said, Behold⁸ my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall⁹ bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her¹⁰. [4] And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife¹¹: and Jacob went in unto her. [5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. [6] And Rachel said, God¹² hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan¹³.¹⁴ [7] And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.¹⁵ [8] And Rachel said, With great wrestlings¹⁶ have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she¹⁷ called his name Naphtali¹⁸.

⥃Gad and Asher

[9] When Leah saw that she had left¹⁹ bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her²⁰ Jacob to wife.²¹ [10] And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. [11] And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she²² called his name Gad²³. [12] And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. [13] And Leah said, Happy am I²⁴, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she²⁵ called his name Asher²⁶.²⁷

[14] And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes²⁸ in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me²⁹, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.³⁰ [15] And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.³¹ [16] And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

⥃Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

[17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.³² [18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she³³ called his name Issachar³⁴. [19] And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. [20] And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry; now will³⁵ my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she³⁶ called his name Zebulun³⁷.³⁸ [21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called³⁹ her name Dinah⁴⁰.⁴¹

⥃Joseph

[22] [¶]And God remembered⁴² Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened⁴³ her womb. [23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:⁴⁴⁴⁵ [24] And she⁴⁶ called his name Joseph⁴⁷; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

⥃Jacob Prospers

[25] And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away⁴⁸, that I may go unto mine⁴⁹ own place, and to⁵⁰ my country. [26] Give [me] my wives⁵¹ and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou⁵² knowest my service which I have done thee. [27] And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour⁵³ in thine eyes, [tarry]: [for] I have learned by experience that the Lord⁵⁴ hath blessed me for thy sake. [28] And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [it].⁵⁵ [29] And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.⁵⁶ [30] For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased⁵⁷ unto a multitude; and the⁵⁸ Lord hath blessed thee since my coming⁵⁹: and now when⁶⁰ shall I provide for mine own house also? [31] And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:⁶¹ [32] I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such⁶²] shall be my hire. [33] So shall my righteousness⁶³ answer⁶⁴ for me in time to come⁶⁵, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be⁶⁶ counted stolen with me. [34] And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.⁶⁷ [35] And he removed⁶⁸ that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hand⁶⁹ of his sons. [36] And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

[37] And Jacob⁷⁰ took him rods of green poplar⁷¹, and of the hazel and chestnut tree⁷²; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods. [38] And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. [39] And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth⁷³ cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. [40] And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle. [41] And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive⁷⁴, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. [42] But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. [43] And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. ⁷⁵

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