¹ απαρας δε ισραηλ αυτος και παντα τα αυτου ηλθεν επι το φρεαρ του ορκου και εθυσεν θυσιαν τω θεω του πατρος αυτου ισαακ

² ειπεν δε ο θεος ισραηλ εν οραματι της νυκτος ειπας ιακωβ ιακωβ ο δε ειπεν τι εστιν

³ λεγων εγω ειμι ο θεος των πατερων σου μη φοβου καταβηναι εις αιγυπτον εις γαρ εθνος μεγα ποιησω σε εκει

⁴ και εγω καταβησομαι μετα σου εις αιγυπτον και εγω αναβιβασω σε εις τελος και ιωσηφ επιβαλει τας χειρας επι τους οφθαλμους σου

⁵ ανεστη δε ιακωβ απο του φρεατος του ορκου και ανελαβον οι υιοι ισραηλ τον πατερα αυτων και την αποσκευην και τας γυναικας αυτων επι τας αμαξας ας απεστειλεν ιωσηφ αραι αυτον

⁶ και αναλαβοντες τα υπαρχοντα αυτων και πασαν την κτησιν ην εκτησαντο εν γη χανααν εισηλθον εις αιγυπτον ιακωβ και παν το σπερμα αυτου μετ' αυτου

⁷ υιοι και οι υιοι των υιων αυτου μετ' αυτου θυγατερες και θυγατερες των υιων αυτου και παν το σπερμα αυτου ηγαγεν εις αιγυπτον

⁸ ταυτα δε τα ονοματα των υιων ισραηλ των εισελθοντων εις αιγυπτον ιακωβ και οι υιοι αυτου πρωτοτοκος ιακωβ ρουβην

⁹ υιοι δε ρουβην ενωχ και φαλλους ασρων και χαρμι

¹⁰ υιοι δε συμεων ιεμουηλ και ιαμιν και αωδ και ιαχιν και σααρ και σαουλ υιος της χανανιτιδος

¹¹ υιοι δε λευι γηρσων κααθ και μεραρι

¹² υιοι δε ιουδα ηρ και αυναν και σηλωμ και φαρες και ζαρα απεθανεν δε ηρ και αυναν εν γη χανααν εγενοντο δε υιοι φαρες ασρων και ιεμουηλ

¹³ υιοι δε ισσαχαρ θωλα και φουα και ιασουβ και ζαμβραμ

¹⁴ υιοι δε ζαβουλων σερεδ και αλλων και αλοηλ

¹⁵ ουτοι υιοι λειας ους ετεκεν τω ιακωβ εν μεσοποταμια της συριας και διναν την θυγατερα αυτου πασαι αι ψυχαι υιοι και θυγατερες τριακοντα τρεις

¹⁶ υιοι δε γαδ σαφων και αγγις και σαυνις και θασοβαν και αηδις και αροηδις και αροηλις

¹⁷ υιοι δε ασηρ ιεμνα και ιεσουα και ιεουλ και βαρια και σαρα αδελφη αυτων υιοι δε βαρια χοβορ και μελχιηλ

¹⁸ ουτοι υιοι ζελφας ην εδωκεν λαβαν λεια τη θυγατρι αυτου η ετεκεν τουτους τω ιακωβ δεκα εξ ψυχας

¹⁹ υιοι δε ραχηλ γυναικος ιακωβ ιωσηφ και βενιαμιν

²⁰ εγενοντο δε υιοι ιωσηφ εν γη αιγυπτω ους ετεκεν αυτω ασεννεθ θυγατηρ πετεφρη ιερεως ηλιου πολεως τον μανασση και τον εφραιμ εγενοντο δε υιοι μανασση ους ετεκεν αυτω η παλλακη η συρα τον μαχιρ μαχιρ δε εγεννησεν τον γαλααδ υιοι δε εφραιμ αδελφου μανασση σουταλααμ και τααμ υιοι δε σουταλααμ εδεμ

²¹ υιοι δε βενιαμιν βαλα και χοβωρ και ασβηλ εγενοντο δε υιοι βαλα γηρα και νοεμαν και αγχις και ρως και μαμφιν και οφιμιν γηρα δε εγεννησεν τον αραδ

²² ουτοι υιοι ραχηλ ους ετεκεν τω ιακωβ πασαι ψυχαι δεκα οκτω

²³ υιοι δε δαν ασομ

²⁴ και υιοι νεφθαλι ασιηλ και γωυνι και ισσααρ και συλλημ

²⁵ ουτοι υιοι βαλλας ην εδωκεν λαβαν ραχηλ τη θυγατρι αυτου η ετεκεν τουτους τω ιακωβ πασαι ψυχαι επτα

²⁶ πασαι δε ψυχαι αι εισελθουσαι μετα ιακωβ εις αιγυπτον οι εξελθοντες εκ των μηρων αυτου χωρις των γυναικων υιων ιακωβ πασαι ψυχαι εξηκοντα εξ

²⁷ υιοι δε ιωσηφ οι γενομενοι αυτω εν γη αιγυπτω ψυχαι εννεα πασαι ψυχαι οικου ιακωβ αι εισελθουσαι εις αιγυπτον εβδομηκοντα πεντε

²⁸ τον δε ιουδαν απεστειλεν εμπροσθεν αυτου προς ιωσηφ συναντησαι αυτω καθ' ηρωων πολιν εις γην ραμεσση

²⁹ ζευξας δε ιωσηφ τα αρματα αυτου ανεβη εις συναντησιν ισραηλ τω πατρι αυτου καθ' ηρωων πολιν και οφθεις αυτω επεπεσεν επι τον τραχηλον αυτου και εκλαυσεν κλαυθμω πλειονι

³⁰ και ειπεν ισραηλ προς ιωσηφ αποθανουμαι απο του νυν επει εωρακα το προσωπον σου ετι γαρ συ ζης

³¹ ειπεν δε ιωσηφ προς τους αδελφους αυτου αναβας απαγγελω τω φαραω και ερω αυτω οι αδελφοι μου και ο οικος του πατρος μου οι ησαν εν γη χανααν ηκασιν προς με

³² οι δε ανδρες εισιν ποιμενες ανδρες γαρ κτηνοτροφοι ησαν και τα κτηνη και τους βοας και παντα τα αυτων αγειοχασιν

³³ εαν ουν καλεση υμας φαραω και ειπη υμιν τι το εργον υμων εστιν

³⁴ ερειτε ανδρες κτηνοτροφοι εσμεν οι παιδες σου εκ παιδος εως του νυν και ημεις και οι πατερες ημων ινα κατοικησητε εν γη γεσεμ αραβια βδελυγμα γαρ εστιν αιγυπτιοις πας ποιμην προβατων

¹ When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

² Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

³ She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

⁴ She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

⁵ Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

⁶ Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.

⁷ Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

⁸ Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

⁹ When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

¹⁰ Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

¹¹ Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.

¹² Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

¹³ Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me Happy." She named him Asher.

¹⁴ 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."

¹⁵ 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?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

¹⁶ Jacob came from the field in the evening, and 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." He lay with her that night.

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

¹⁸ Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.

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

²⁰ Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

²¹ Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

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

²³ She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

²⁴ She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."

²⁵ It happened, 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.

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

²⁷ Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."

²⁸ He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."

²⁹ He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

³⁰ For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"

³¹ He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.

³² I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.

³³ So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."

³⁴ Laban said, "Behold, let it be according to your word."

³⁵ That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

³⁶ He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

³⁷ Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

³⁸ He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

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

⁴⁰ Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock.

⁴¹ It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

⁴² but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

⁴³ The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.