Genesis 30

1 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.

1 وَعِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَنَّهَا عَاقِرٌ، غَارَتْ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا، وَقَالَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هَبْ لِي بَنِينَ وَإلَّا فَإِنِّي أَمُوتُ».

2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

2 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى رَاحِيلَ وَقَالَ: «أَلَعَلِّي أَقُومُ مَقَامَ اللهِ الَّذِي حَرَمَكِ مِنَ الإِنْجَابِ؟»

3 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.”

3 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هَا هِيَ جَارِيَتِي بِلْهَةُ، عَاشِرْهَا فَتَلِدَ وَيَكُونَ لِي مِنْهَا بَنُونَ».

4 So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

4 وَأَعْطَتْهُ بِلْهَةَ زَوْجَةً فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا يَعْقُوبُ.

5 and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

5 وَحَمَلَتْ بِلْهَةُ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً.

6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

6 فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ: «قَدْ قَضَى اللهُ لِي وَأَصْغَى لِصَوْتِي وَرَزَقَنِي ابْناً». لِذَلِكَ دَعَتْهُ دَاناً (وَمَعْنَاهُ: قَاضٍ).

7 And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

7 ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ بِلْهَةُ جَارِيَةُ رَاحِيلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً ثَانِياً،

8 Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

8 فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ: «قَدْ تَصَارَعْتُ مَعَ أُخْتِي مُصَارَعَاتٍ عَنِيفَةً وَظَفِرْتُ». وَدَعَتْهُ نَفْتَالِي (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مُصَارَعَتِي).

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

9 وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ لَيْئَةُ أَنَّهَا كَفَّتْ عَنِ الْوِلادَةِ، أَخَذَتْ جَارِيَتَهَا زِلْفَةَ وَأَعْطَتْهَا لِيَعْقُوبَ زَوْجَةً،

10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

10 فَأَنْجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ جَارِيَةُ لَيْئَةَ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً

11 Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

11 فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «يَا لَحُسْنِ الْحَظِّ!» وَدَعَتْهُ جَاداً (وَمَعْنَاهُ: فَأْلٌ حَسَنٌ، أَوْ كَتِيبَةٌ قَادِمَةٌ).

12 When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

12 وَأَنْجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ جَارِيَةُ لَيْئَةُ ابْناً ثَانِياً لِيَعْقُوبَ،

13 Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

13 فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «يَا لَغِبْطَتِي، لأَنَّ النِّسَاءَ سَيَدْعُونَنِي الْمَغْبُوطَةَ». وَأَسْمَتْهُ أَشِيْرَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: سَعِيدٌ أَوْ مَغْبُوطٌ).

14 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.”

14 وَذَهَبَ رَأُوبَيْنُ فِي مَوْسِمِ حَصَادِ الْقَمْحِ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ، فَعَثَرَ فِيهِ عَلَى نَبَاتِ اللُّفَّاحِ وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أُمِّهِ لَيْئَةَ. فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ لِلَيْئَةَ: «أَعْطِنِي مِنْ لُفَّاحِ ابْنِكِ».

15 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.”

15 فَأَجَابَتْهَا: «أَلَمْ يَكْفِ أَنَّكِ أَخَذْتِ مِنِّي زَوْجِي، وَالآنَ تُرِيِدينَ أَنْ تَأْخُذِي لُفَّاحَ ابْنِي أَيْضاً؟» فَأَجَابَتْهَا رَاحِيلُ: «إِذاً يُعَاشِرُكِ اللَّيلَةَ لِقَاءَ لُفَّاحِ ابْنِكِ».

16 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.

16 وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنَ الْحَقَلِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ خَرَجَتْ لَيْئَةُ لِلِقَائِهِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «إِلَيَّ تَجِيءُ اللَّيْلَةَ لأَنَّنِي قَدِ اسْتَأْجَرْتُكَ بِلُفَّاحِ ابْنِي». فَعَاشَرَهَا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ.

17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

17 وَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ لِلَيْئَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً خَامِساً.

18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

18 فَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «قَدْ أَعْطَانِي اللهُ أُجْرَتِي لأَنَّنِي وَهَبْتُ جَارِيَتِي لِزَوْجِي». وَدَعَتْهُ يَسَّاكَرَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: يَعْمَلُ بِأُجْرَةٍ)

19 Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

19 وَحَبِلَتْ لَيْئَةُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَأَنْجَبَتْ لِيَعْقُوبَ ابْناً سَادِساً.

20 “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.

20 وَقَالَتْ لَيْئَةُ: «قَدَ وَهَبَنِي اللهُ هِبَةً ثَمِينَةً، وَالآنَ يُقِيمُ مَعِي زَوْجِي لأَنِّي أَنْجَبْتُ لَهُ سِتَّةَ بَنِينَ». وَدَعَتْهُ زَبُولُونَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ إِقَامَةُ).

21 After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

21 ثُمَّ أَنْجَبَتِ ابْنَةً دَعَتْهَا «دِينَةَ».

22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

22 وَذَكَرَ اللهُ رَاحِيلَ وَاسْتَجَابَ لَهَا وَفَتَحَ رَحِمَهَا،

23 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

23 فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً وَقَالَتْ: «قَدَ نَزَعَ اللهُ عَنِّي عَارِي».

24 She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

24 وَدَعَتْهُ يُوسُفَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ يَزِيدُ) قَائِلَةً: «لِيَزِدْنِي الرَّبُّ ابْناً آخَرَ».

25 Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

25 وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَدَتْ رَاحِيلُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِلابَانَ: «أَخْلِ سَبِيلِي فَأَنْطَلِقَ إِلَى بَلَدِي وَإِلَى أَرْضِي،

26 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.”

26 وَأَعْطِنِي نِسَائِي وَأَوْلادِي الَّذِينَ خَدَمْتُكَ بِهِمْ، وَدَعْنِي أَمْضِي، فَأَنْتَ تُدْرِكُ أَيَّةَ خِدْمَةٍ خَدَمْتُكَ».

27 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.”

27 فَقَالَ لَهُ لابَانُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَأَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعِي، لأَنَّنِي عَرَفْتُ بِالتَّفَاؤُلِ بِالْغَيْبِ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ بَارَكَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ».

28 And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

28 وَأَضَافَ: «عَيِّنْ لِي أُجْرَتَكَ فَأُعْطِيَكَ إِيَّاهَا».

29 Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

29 فَقَالَ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ خَدَمْتُكَ، وَمَاذَا آلَتْ إِلَيْهِ مَوَاشِيكَ تَحْتَ رِعَايَتِي،

30 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?”

30 فَالْقَلِيلُ الَّذِي كَانَ لَكَ قَبْلَ مَجِيئِي ازْدَادَ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً، فَبَارَكَكَ الرَّبُّ مُنْذُ أَنْ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْكَ، وَالآنَ مَتَى أَشْرَعُ فِي تَحْصِيلِ رِزْقِ عَائِلَتِي؟»

31 “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.

31 فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «لا تُعْطِنِي شَيْئاً. وَلَكِنْ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ، فَاصْنَعْ لِي هَذَا الأَمْرَ الْوَاحِدَ فَأَذْهَبَ وَأَرْعَى غَنَمَكَ وَأَعْتَنِيَ بِها:

32 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.

32 دَعْنِي أَمُرُّ الْيَوْمَ بَيْنَ مَوَاشِيكَ كُلِّهَا، فَتَعْزِلَ مِنْهَا كُلَّ شَاةٍ رَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ وَسَوْدَاءَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْخِرْفَانِ، وَكُلَّ بَلْقَاءَ وَرَقْطَاءَ بَيْنَ الْمِعْزَى، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ أُجْرَتِي.

33 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.”

33 وَتَكُونُ أَمَانَتِي شَاهِدَةً عَلَى صِدْقِ خِدْمَتِي فِي مُسْتَقْبَلِ الأَيَّامِ. فَإِذَا جِئْتَ تَفْحَصُ أُجْرَتِي، وَوَجَدْتَ عِنْدِي مَا لَيْسَ أَرْقَطَ أَوْ أَبْلَقَ بَيْنَ الْمِعْزَى وَأَسْوَدَ بَيْنَ الْخِرْفَانِ، يَكُونُ مَسْرُوقاً عِنْدِي».

34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

34 فَقَالَ لابَانُ: «لِيَكُنْ وَفْقاً لِقَوْلِكَ».

35 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.

35 وَعَزَلَ لابَانُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ التُّيُوسَ الْمُخَطَّطَةَ وَالْبَلْقَاءَ، وَكُلَّ عَنْزٍ رَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ، كُلَّ مَا فِيهِ بَيَاضٌ وَكُلَّ خَرُوفٍ أَسْوَدَ. وَعَهِدَ بِها إِلَى أَبْنَاءِ يَعْقُوبَ.

36 Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

36 وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَعْقُوبَ مَسَافَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ يَعْقُوبُ يَرْعَى مَوَاشِي لابَانَ.

37 Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

37 وَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ قُضْبَاناً خَضْرَاءَ مِنْ أَشْجَارِ اللُّبْنَى وَاللَّوْزِ وَالدُّلْبِ وَقَلَّمَهَا بِخُطُوطٍ بَيْضَاءَ كَاشِفاً عَمَّا تَحْتَ الْقِشْرَةِ مِنْ بَيَاضٍ،

38 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,

38 وَنَصَبَ الْقُضْبَانَ الَّتِي قَلَّمَهَا تِجَاهَ الْغَنَمِ فِي أَجْرَانِ مَسَاقِي الْمَاءِ حَيْثُ تَرِدُ الْمَوَاشِي، فَتَتَوَحَّمُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا مَا أَقْبَلَتْ لِتَشْرَبَ.

39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

39 فَكَانَتِ الْغَنَمُ تَتَوَحَّمُ عِنْدَ الْقُضْبَانِ، فَتَلِدُ غَنَماً مُخَطَّطَةً وَرَقْطَاءَ وَبَلْقَاءَ.

40 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.

40 وَفَرَزَ يَعْقُوبُ الْحُمْلانَ، وَجَعَلَ مُقَدِّمَةَ الْمَوَاشِي فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ مَا هُوَ مُخَطَّطٌ وَأَسْوَدُ مِنْ غَنَمِ لابَانَ، وَأَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ قُطْعَاناً عَلَى حِدَةٍ بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنْ غَنَمِ لابَانَ.

41 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.

41 فَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ كُلَّمَا تَوَحَّمَتِ الْغَنَمُ الْقَوِيَّةُ يَنْصِبُ الْقُضْبَانَ أَمَامَ عُيُونِ الْمَوَاشِي فِي الأَجْرَانِ لِتَتَوَحَّمَ بَيْنَ الْقُضْبَانِ.

42 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.

42 وَحِينَ تَكُونُ الْغَنَمُ ضَعِيفَةً، لَا يَضَعُ الْقُضْبَانَ أَمَامَهَا، فَصَارَتِ الضَّعِيفَةُ لِلابَانَ وَالْقَوِيَّةُ لِيَعْقُوبَ.

43 Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

43 فَاغْتَنَى الرَّجُلُ جِدّاً، وَكَثُرَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ وَجَوَارِيهِ وَعَبِيدُهُ وَجِمَالُهُ وَحَمِيرُهُ.