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And Rachel saw that she did not give··birth for Jacob, and Rachel was··zealous against◦ her sister; and she said to▵ Jacob, Give▵ to me sons; and if not◦, I▵ am··dead.
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And Jacob was··fierce with anger against◦ Rachel, and he said, Am I▵ in· God’s ·stead, who withholds from thee the fruit of the belly?
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And she said, Behold, my maidservant Bilhah; go··in to▵ her, and she shall give··birth upon my knees, and I shall be built up, even I▵, from her.
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And she gave to him Bilhah her handmaid for a woman, and Jacob came to▵ her.
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And Bilhah conceived, and gave··birth··to a son for Jacob.
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And Rachel said, God has made··judgment◦ for me, and also has heard my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.
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And she conceived yet··again, and Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid gave··birth··to a second son for Jacob.
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And Rachel said, With the strugglings of God have I struggled with my sister, also I have prevailed◦; and she called his name Naphtali.
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And Leah saw that she had stood still from giving··birth; and she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob for a woman.
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And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid gave··birth··to a son for Jacob.
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And Leah said, A troop comes; and she called his name Gad.
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And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid gave··birth··to a second son for Jacob.
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And Leah said, In my happiness am I; for the daughters will make· me ·happy; and she called his name Asher.
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And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found dudaim* in the field, and brought them to▵ Leah his mother. And Rachel said to▵ Leah, Give me, I pray◦, of the dudaim of thy son.
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And she said to her, Is it a··little matter that thou hast taken my man◦, and wouldest thou take also the dudaim of my son? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight in··return··for the dudaim of thy son.
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And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went··out to meet him, and said, Thou must come to▵ me, for hiring I have hired thee with the dudaim of my son; and he lay with her that◦ night.
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And God hearkened to▵ Leah, and she conceived and gave··birth··to a fifth son for Jacob.
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And Leah said, God has given my wage, which I gave my handmaid for my man◦; and she called his name Issachar.
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And Leah conceived yet··again, and gave··birth··to a sixth son for Jacob.
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And Leah said, God has endowed◦ me with a good dowry◦; this time◦ will my man◦ cohabit with me, for I have given··birth··to six sons for him; and she called his name Zebulun.
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And afterwards, she gave··birth··to a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to▵ her, and opened her womb.
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And she conceived, and gave··birth··to a son, and said, God has gathered my reproach.
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And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let Jehovah add to me another son.
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And it was, as◦ Rachel had given··birth··to Joseph, that Jacob said to▵ Laban, Send· me ·away, and I will go to▵ my place and to my land.
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Give me my women, and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I will go; for thou◦ knowest my service, with which I have served thee.
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And Laban said to▵ him, If, I pray◦, I have found grace in thine eyes, I have experienced it, and Jehovah has blessed me because··of thee.
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And he said, Designate to me thy wage, and I will give it.
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And he said to▵ him, Thou◦ knowest how▫ I have served thee, and how▫ thy livestock has been with◦ me.
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For thou hadst◦ little▵ before me, and it has broken··forth into◦ a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee at◦ my foot; and now when shall I▵ also be doing something for my own house?
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And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do for me this word, I will return, and shepherd and keep thy flock.
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I will pass··through all thy flock today, removing from thence every speckled and spotted animal··of··the··flock, and every black▵ animal··of··the··flock among◦ the lambs▵, and the spotted and speckled among◦ the goats; and these shall be my wage.
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And my justice shall answer for me on◦ the day of tomorrow, because◦ thou come upon my wage before thee; every one that is not◦ speckled and spotted among◦ the goats, and black▵ among◦ the lambs▵, stolen is this◦ with◦ me.
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And Laban said, Behold, would··that it be according··to thy word.
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And he removed in that◦ day the he-goats▫ that were mottled and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, all that had white in it, and all the black▵ among◦ the lambs▵, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
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And he set a way of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob pastured the remainder of the flock of Laban.
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And Jacob took for himself a stick of fresh poplar, and hazel and the plane··tree, and peeled white peelings on◦ them, laying··bare the white that was upon the sticks.
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And he placed◦ the sticks which he had peeled in the troughs*, in the place of giving· water ·to··drink, in which the flock came to drink, opposite the flock; and they grew··warm when they came to drink.
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And the flocks grew··warm at▵ the sticks, and the flocks gave··birth··to mottled, speckled, and spotted.
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And Jacob separated the lambs▵, and put◦ the faces of the flock toward▵ the mottled and all the black▵ in the flock of Laban; and he put his droves for himself alone, and put them not by◦ the flock of Laban.
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And it was when all the flock that first came··together* grew··warm, that Jacob set the sticks before▫ the eyes of the flock in the troughs, to grow··warm at the sticks.
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And to the flock that came together later he did not set them; and those that came together later were Laban’s, and those that came together first were Jacob’s.
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And the man◦ broke··forth into a multitude very exceedingly, and he had◦ many flocks, and handmaids, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys.
