¹ 拉結見自己不給雅各生子，就嫉妒他姊姊，對雅各說：你給我孩子，不然我就死了。

² 雅各向拉結生氣，說：叫你不生育的是神，我豈能代替他作主呢？

³ 拉結說：有我的使女辟拉在這裡，你可以與他同房，使他生子在我膝下，我便因他也得孩子(原文作被建立)。

⁴ 拉結就把他的使女辟拉給丈夫為妾；雅各便與他同房，

⁵ 辟拉就懷孕，給雅各生了一個兒子。

⁶ 拉結說：神伸了我的冤，也聽了我的聲音，賜我一個兒子，因此給他起名叫但(就是伸冤的意思)。

⁷ 拉結的使女辟拉又懷孕，給雅各生了第二個兒子。

⁸ 拉結說：我與我姊姊大大相爭，並且得勝，於是給他起名叫拿弗他利(就是相爭的意思)。

⁹ 利亞見自己停了生育，就把使女悉帕給雅各為妾。

¹⁰ 利亞的使女悉帕給雅各生了一個兒子。

¹¹ 利亞說：萬幸！於是給他起名叫迦得(就是萬幸的意思)。

¹² 利亞的使女悉帕又給雅各生了第二個兒子。

¹³ 利亞說：我有福阿，眾女子都要稱我是有福的，於是給他起名叫亞設(就是有福的意思)。

¹⁴ 割麥子的時候，流便往田裡去，尋見風茄，拿來給他母親利亞。拉結對利亞說：請你把你兒子的風茄給我些。

¹⁵ 利亞說：你奪了我的丈夫還算小事麼？你又要奪我兒子的風茄麼？拉結說：為你兒子的風茄，今夜他可以與你同寢。

¹⁶ 到了晚上，雅各從田裡回來，利亞出來迎接他，說：你要與我同寢，因為我實在用我兒子的風茄把你雇下了。那一夜，雅各就與他同寢。

¹⁷ 神應允了利亞，他就懷孕，給雅各生了第五個兒子。

¹⁸ 利亞說：神給了我價值，因為我把使女給了我丈夫，於是給他起名叫以薩迦(就是價值的意思)。

¹⁹ 利亞又懷孕，給雅各生了第六個兒子。

²⁰ 利亞說：神賜我厚賞；我丈夫必與我同住，因我給他生了六個兒子，於是給他起名西布倫(就是同住的意思)。

²¹ 後來又生了一個女兒，給他起名叫底拿。

²² 神顧念拉結，應允了他，使他能生育。

²³ 拉結懷孕生子，說：神除去了我的羞恥，

²⁴ 就給他起名叫約瑟(就是增添的意思)，意思說：願耶和華再增添我一個兒子。

²⁵ 拉結生約瑟之後，雅各對拉班說：請打發我走，叫我回到我本鄉本土去。

²⁶ 請你把我服事你所得的妻子和兒女給我，讓我走；我怎樣服事你，你都知道。

²⁷ 拉班對他說：我若在你眼前蒙恩，請你仍與我同住，因為我已算定，耶和華賜福與我是為你的緣故；

²⁸ 又說：請你定你的工價，我就給你。

²⁹ 雅各對他說：我怎樣服事你，你的牲畜在我手裡怎樣，是你知道的。

³⁰ 我未來之先，你所有的很少，現今卻發大眾多，耶和華隨我的腳步賜福與你。如今，我甚麼時候才為自己興家立業呢？

³¹ 拉班說：我當給你甚麼呢？雅各說：甚麼你也不必給我，只有一件事，你若應承，我便仍舊牧放你的羊群。

³² 今天我要走遍你的羊群，把綿羊中凡有點的、有斑的，和黑色的，並山羊中凡有斑的、有點的，都挑出來；將來這一等的就算我的工價。

³³ 以後你來查看我的工價，凡在我手裡的山羊不是有點有斑的，綿羊不是黑色的，那就算是我偷的；這樣便可證出我的公義來。

³⁴ 拉班說：好阿！我情願照著你的話行。

³⁵ 當日，拉班把有紋的、有斑的公山羊，有點的、有斑的、有雜白紋的母山羊，並黑色的綿羊，都挑出來，交在他兒子們的手下，

³⁶ 又使自己和雅各相離三天的路程。雅各就牧養拉班其餘的羊。

³⁷ 雅各拿楊樹、杏樹、楓樹的嫩枝，將皮剝成白紋，使枝子露出白的來，

³⁸ 將剝了皮的枝子，對著羊群，插在飲羊的水溝裡和水槽裡，羊來喝的時候，牝牡配合。

³⁹ 羊對著枝子配合，就生下有紋的、有點的、有斑的來。

⁴⁰ 雅各把羊羔分出來，使拉班的羊與這有紋和黑色的羊相對，把自己的羊另放一處，不叫他和拉班的羊混雜。

⁴¹ 到羊群肥壯配合的時候，雅各就把枝子插在水溝裡，使羊對著枝子配合。

⁴² 只是到羊瘦弱配合的時候就不插枝子。這樣，瘦弱的就歸拉班，肥壯的就歸雅各。

⁴³ 於是雅各極其發大，得了許多的羊群、僕婢、駱駝，和驢。

¹ Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

² He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.

³ There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.

⁴ Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

⁵ He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."

⁶ He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

⁷ He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."

⁸ They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."

⁹ While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

¹⁰ It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

¹¹ Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

¹² Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.

¹³ It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

¹⁴ Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." He lived with him for a month.

¹⁵ Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

¹⁶ Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

¹⁷ Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

¹⁸ Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

¹⁹ Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

²⁰ Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

²¹ Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

²² Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

²³ It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

²⁴ Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

²⁵ It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

²⁶ Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

²⁷ Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

²⁸ Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

²⁹ Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

³⁰ He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

³¹ Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

³² Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."

³³ She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

³⁴ She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

³⁵ She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.