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Genesis 30

4 9. Rahél and Leáh being bothe baren giue their maides vnto their housband, and they beare him children. 15 Leáh giueth mãdrakes to Rahél that Iaakob might lie with her 27 Labán is enriched for Iaakobs sake 43 Iaakób is made very riche.
1.ANd when Rahél ſawe that ſhe bare Iaakób no children, Rahél enuied her ſiſter, and ſaid vnto Iaakób, Giue me children, or els I dye.
2.Thẽ Iaakóbs angre was kindeled againſt Rahél, and he ſaid, Am I in a Gods ſtede, which hathe withholden frõ thee the frute of the wombe?
3.And ſhe ſaid, Beholde my maide Bilháh, go in to her, and ſhe ſhal beare vpon my b knees, & " I ſhal haue childrẽ alſo by her.
4.Then ſhe gaue him Bilháh her maide to wife, and Iaakób went in to her.
5.So Bilháh conceiued and bare Iaakób a ſonne.
6.Thẽ ſaid Rahél, God hathe giuen ſentẽce on my ſide, & hathe alſo heard my voyce, and hathe giuen me a ſonne: therfore called ſhe his name, Dan.
7.And Bilháh Rahels maide conceiued againe, and bare Iaakób the ſeconde ſonne.
8.Then Rahél ſaid, With " excellẽt wreſtlings haue I wreſtled with my ſiſter and haue gotten the vpper hand: and ſhe called his name, c Naphtalí.
9.And when Leáh ſawe that ſhe had left bearing, ſhe toke Zilpáh her maide, and gaue her Iaakób to wife.
10.And Zilpáh Leahs maide bare Iaakób a ſonne.
11.Then ſaid Leáh, d A companie cometh: and ſhe called his name, Gad.
12.Againe Zilpáh Leahs maide bare Iaakób another ſonne.
13.Then ſaid Leáh, Ah, bleſſed am I, for the daughters wil bleſſe me. and ſhe called his name, Aſhér.
14.¶ Now Reubén went in the dayes of the wheat harueſt and found e mandrakes in the field & broght them vnto his mother Leáh. Then ſaid Rahél to Leáh, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy ſonnes mandrakes.
15.But ſhe anſwered her, Is it a ſmale matter for thee to take mine houſbãd, except thou take my ſonnes mãdrakes alſo? Thẽ ſaid Rahél, Therefore he ſhal ſlepe with thee this night for thy ſonnes mandrakes.
16.And Iaakób came from the field in the euening, and Leáh went out to mete him, & ſaid, Come in to me, for I haue " boght and payed for thee with my ſonnes mandrakes: and he ſlept with her that night.
17.And God heard Leáh and ſhe cõceiued, and bare vnto Iaakób the fift ſonne.
18.Then The ſaid Leáh, God hathe giuen me my f rewarde, becauſe I gaue my f maide to my houſband, & ſhe called his name Iſſachár.
19.After, Leáh conceiued againe, and bare Iaakób the fixt ſonne.
20.The Leáh ſaid, God hathe endued me ŵ a good dowrie: now wil mine houſbād dwel with me, becauſe I haue borne him fix ſones: & ſhe called his name Zebulún.
21.After that, ſhe bare a daughter, and ſhe called her name Dináh.
22.¶And God remembred Rahél, and God heard her, and " opened her wombe.
23.So ſhe conceiued and bare a ſonne, and ſaid, God hathe taken away my g rebuke.
24.And ſhe called his name Ioſeph, ſaying, The Lord wil giue me yet another ſonne.
25.¶And aſſone as Rahél had borne Ioſeph, Iaakób ſaid to Labán, Sēd me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.
26.Giue me my wiues and my children, for whome I haue ſerued thee, and let me go: for thou knoweſt what ſeruice I haue done thee.
27.To whome Labán anſwered, If I haue now founde fauour in thy ſight, tarie: I haue " perceiued that the Lord hathe bleſſed me for thy ſake.
28.Alſo he ſaid, Appoint vnto me thy wages, and I wil giue it thee.
29.But he ſaid vnto hī, Thou knoweſt, what ſeruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattel hathe bene " vnder me.
30.For the litle, that thou haddeſt before I came, is increaſed into a multitude: and the Lord hathe bleſſed thee * by my comming: but now whē ſhal h I trauel for mine owne houſe alſo?
31.Then he ſaid, What ſhal I giue thee? And Iaakób anſwered, Thou ſhalt giue me nothing at all: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I wil returne, fede, and kepe thy ſhepe.
32.I wil paſſe through all thy flockes this day, and " ſeparat from them all the ſhepe with litle ſpottes and great ſpottes, & all " blacke lambes among the ſhepe, and the great ſpotted, and litle ſpotted amōg the goates: and it ſhalbe my wages.
33.So ſhal my k righteouſnes anſwere for me hereafter, when it ſhal come for my rewarde before thy face, & euerie one that hathe not litle or great ſpottes among the goates, and blacke among the ſhepe, the ſame ſhalbe " theft with me.
34.Then Labán ſaid, Go to, wolde God it might be according to thy ſaying.
35.¶Therefore " he toke out the ſame day the he goates that were party coloured and with great ſpottes, and all the ſhe goates with litle and great ſpottes, and all yt had white in thē, and all the " blacke among ye ſhepe, & put thē in ye keping of his ſonnes.
36.And he ſet thre dares iourney betwene him ſelfe and Iaakób. & Iaakób kept the reſt of Labans ſhepe.
37.¶Then Iaakób l toke roddes of grene popular, and of haſel, and of the cheſnut tre, and pilled white ſtrakes in them, and made the white appeare in the roddes.
38.Then he put ye roddes, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troghes, when the ſhepe came to drinke, before ye ſhepe: (for thei were in heate, when thei came to drinke)
39.And the ſhepe " were in heate before the roddes, & afterward broght forthe yong of party colour, and with ſmale & great ſpottes.
40.And Iaakób parted theſe lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towards theſe lambes party coloured and all maner of blacke, among the ſhepe of Labán: ſo he put his owne flockes by them ſelues, & put them not with Labans flocke.
41.And in euerie ramming tyme of the m ſtronger ſhepe, Iaakób laied the roddes before the eies of the ſhepe in the gutters yt thei might conceiue before the roddes.
42.But when the ſhepe were feble, he put them not in: and ſo ye febler were Labans, and the ſtronger Iaakobs.
43.So the man encreaſed excedingly, and had manie flockes, and maide ſeruants, and men ſeruants, and camels and aſſes.

Notes

2:a.
It is onely God that maketh bare and fruteful, and therfore I am not in faute.
3:b.
I wil receiue her childrẽ on my lappe, as thogh they were mine owne
3:".
Ebr I ſhal be buylded.
8:".
Ebr wreſtlings of God
8:c.
The arrogacie of mãs nature appeareth in that ſhe cõtemneth her ſiſter, after ſhe hath receiued this benefit of God to beare children
11:d.
That is, God doeth increaſe me w a multitude of children for so Iaakób doeth expounde this name Gad, chap 49.19
14:e.
Which is a kinde of herbe whoſe rote hath a certeine likenes of yͤ figure of a man.
16:".
Ebr bying I haue boght.
18:f.
In ſtede of acknowledgig her faute, ſhe boaſteth as if God had rewarded her therefore.
22:".
Or, made her fruitful
23:g.
Becauſe frutefulnes came of Gods bleſſing, who ſaid, Increaſe and multiplie: barrenes was counted as a curſe
27:".
Or, tried by experience.
29:".
Or, with me.
30:*.
Ebr. at my fote
30:h.
The ordre of nature requireth that euerie one prouide for his owne familie
32:".
Or, ſeparat thou
32:".
Or, red.
33:k.
God ſhal teſtifie for my righteous dealing by rewarding my labours
33:".
Or, counted theft.
35:".
Or, Laban.
35:".
Or, red, or, brown.
37:l.
Iaakob here in vſed no deceit: for it was Gods commandement as he declareth in y next chapter, ver 9 and 11.
39:".
Or, conceiued.
41:m.
As they wc toke ye ram about Septēbre, & broght forthe about marche: for the febler in marche, & lambde in Septembre.