Genesis 30 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!”

1Rachel noticed that she was not bearing children for Jacob, so because she envied her sister Leah, she told Jacob, "If you don't give me sons, I'm going to die!"

2And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

2That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, "Can I take God's place, who has not allowed you to conceive?"

3So she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her.”

3Rachel responded, "Here's my handmaid Bilhah. Go have sex with her. She can bear children on my knees so I can have children through her."

4Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

4So Rachel gave Jacob her woman servant Bilhah to be his wife, and Jacob had sex with her.

5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

5Bilhah conceived and bore a son for Jacob.

6Then Rachel said, “God has judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

6Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me! He has heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore, she named him Dan.

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

7Rachel's servant conceived again and bore a second son for Jacob,

8Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.

8so Rachel said, "I've been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won." She named him Naphtali.

9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife.

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

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

10Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob,

11Then Leah said, “A troop comes!” So she called his name Gad.

11and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

12And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

12Later, Leah's servant Zilpah bore a second son for Jacob.

13Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.” So she called his name Asher.

13She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.

14Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

14Some time later, during the wheat harvest season, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field and brought them back for his mother Leah. Then Rachel told Leah, "Please give me your son's mandrakes."

15But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”

15In response, Leah asked her, "Wasn't it enough that you've taken away my husband? Now you also want to take my son's mandrakes!" But Rachel replied, "Okay, let's let Jacob sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."

16When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.

16When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went to meet him and told him, "You're having sex with me tonight. I traded my son's mandrakes for you!" So he slept with her that night.

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

17God heard what Leah had said, so she conceived and bore a fifth son for Jacob.

18Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.

18Then Leah said, "God has paid me for giving my servant to my husband as his wife." So she named him Issachar.

19Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

19Later, Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.

20And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.

20Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. This time my husband will exalt me, because I've borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

21Afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

21After that, Leah conceived, bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

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

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

23And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

23so she conceived, bore a son, and remarked, "God has removed my shame."

24So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”

24Because she had been asking, "May God give me another son," she named him Joseph.

25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.

25After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob told Laban, "Send me off so that I can go back to my place and country.

26Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you.”

26Give me my wives and children for whom I've served you. Then I'll leave, since you're aware of my service to you."

27And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”

27Then Laban responded, "If I've found favor in your sight, please stay with me, because I've learned through divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.

28Then he said, “Name me your wages, and I will give it.”

28Name your wage, and I'll give it to you."

29So Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.

29But Jacob replied to Laban, "You know how I've served you and how your cattle thrived under my care.

30For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the LORD has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?”

30What you had previously was only a few head, but the herd has now multiplied, because the LORD has blessed you through my efforts. But now, when am I going to be able to provide for my own household?"

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

31"What do I have to give you?" Laban asked. Jacob responded, "You don't have to give me anything. Just do this for me: Let me tend your flock again and watch over it.

32Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and these shall be my wages.

32Let me walk among your flocks today and remove every speckled or spotted sheep, along with every black lamb, and let me do the same with the speckled and spotted goats. These will be my wages.

33So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me.”

33In the future, you'll be able to verify my honesty because, when you come to check what I've earned, if you find a goat that's not speckled or spotted or a sheep that's not black, then it will have been stolen by me."

34And Laban said, “Oh, that it were according to your word!”

34"Okay," Laban replied. "We'll do it the way you've asked."

35So he removed that day the male goats that were speckled and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

35That very day, Laban removed the male goats that were striped or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted—that is, every one that had white on them—and all the black lambs and placed them into the care of his sons.

36Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

36He sent them as far away from Jacob as a three days' journey could take them. Meanwhile, Jacob kept tending the rest of Laban's flock.

37Now Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them, and exposed the white which was in the rods.

37Jacob took branches from white poplar trees, freshly cut almond trees, and some other trees, stripped off their bark to make white streaks, and uncovered the white part inside the branches.

38And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.

38Then he placed the branches that he had stripped bare in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He placed the branches in front of the flock, and they went into heat as they came to drink.

39So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

39When the flocks mated in front of the branches, they would bear offspring that were striped, speckled, or spotted.

40Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; but he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

40Jacob kept the lambs separate, facing the striped and entirely black ones that belonged to Laban's flock. He set his own herd by itself and would not let them be with Laban's flock.

41And it came to pass, whenever the stronger livestock conceived, that Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the livestock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

41Whenever the more vigorous of the flock came into heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the flock to make them mate by the branches.

42But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.

42But he didn't put the branches in front of any of the feeble members of the flock. As a result, the feeble ones belonged to Laban, but the stronger ones belonged to Jacob.

43Thus the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

43Therefore the man Jacob prospered so much that he had large flocks, female and male servants, as well as camels and donkeys.

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