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Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 29
Jacob Meets Rachel
1 καὶ ἐξάρας Ἰακὼβ τοὺς πόδας ἐπορεύθη εἰς γῆν ἀνατολῶν πρὸς Λαβὰν τὸν υἱὸν Βαθουὴλ τοῦ Σύρου ἀδελφὸν δὲ Ῥεβέκκας μητρὸς Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ἡσαῦ. 2 καὶ ὁρᾷ καὶ ἰδοὺ φρέαρ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ τρία ποίμνια προβάτων ἀναπαυόμενα ἐπ' αὐτοῦ· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ φρέατος ἐκείνου ἐπότιζον τὰ ποίμνια, λίθος δὲ ἦν μέγας ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι τοῦ φρέατος, 3 καὶ συνήγοντο ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ ποίμνια καὶ ἀπεκύλιον τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος καὶ ἐπότιζον τὰ πρόβατα καὶ ἀπεκαθίστων τὸν λίθον ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ φρέατος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ. 1 And Jacob, lifting up his feet, journeyed to the land of the east, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. 2 And he looked, and behold, a well was in the plain, and there were three flocks of sheep resting there by it; for from that well they used to water the flocks, and a great stone was over the mouth of the well. 3 And all the flocks would be gathered there, and they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and then they would replace the stone over the mouth of the well in its place.
4 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰακώβ, ἀδελφοί, πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖς; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ἐκ Χαρρὰν ἐσμέν. 5 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, γινώσκετε Λαβὰν τὸν υἱὸν Ναχώρ; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, γινώσκομεν. 6 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, ὑγιαίνει; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ὑγιαίνει. καὶ ἰδοὺ Ῥαχὴλ ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ ἤρχετο μετὰ τῶν προβάτων. 7 καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακώβ, ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡμέρα πολλή, οὔπω ὥρα συναχθῆναι τὰ κτήνη· ποτίσαντες τὰ πρόβατα ἀπελθόντες βόσκετε. 8 οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, οὐ δυνησόμεθα ἕως τοῦ συναχθῆναι πάντας τοὺς ποιμένας καὶ ἀποκυλίσωσιν τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος, καὶ ποτιοῦμεν τὰ πρόβατα. 4 And Jacob said to them, "Brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran." 5 And he said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him." 6 And he said to them, "Is he well?" And they said, "He is well. And behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep." 7 And Jacob said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is not yet time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go out and pasture them." 8 But they said, "We will not be able to until all the shepherds are gathered together and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep."
9 ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς καὶ Ῥαχὴλ ἡ θυγάτηρ Λαβὰν ἤρχετο μετὰ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς· αὐτὴ γὰρ ἔβοσκεν τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς. 10 ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς εἶδεν Ἰακὼβ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ θυγατέρα Λαβὰν ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ πρόβατα Λαβὰν ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσελθὼν Ἰακὼβ ἀπεκύλισεν τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος καὶ ἐπότισεν τὰ πρόβατα Λαβὰν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ. 11 καὶ ἐφίλησεν Ἰακὼβ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ καὶ βοήσας τῇ φωνῇ αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσεν. 12 καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν τῇ Ῥαχὴλ ὅτι ἀδελφὸς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς ἐστιν καὶ ὅτι υἱὸς Ῥεβέκκας ἐστίν, καὶ δραμοῦσα ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα. 13 ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς ἤκουσεν Λαβὰν τὸ ὄνομα Ἰακὼβ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ, ἔδραμεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ καὶ περιλαβὼν αὐτὸν ἐφίλησεν καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. καὶ διηγήσατο τῷ Λαβὰν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους. 14 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λαβάν, ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν μου καὶ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου εἶ σύ. καὶ ἦν μετ' αὐτοῦ μῆνα ἡμερῶν.1 9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father’s sheep; for she was pasturing her father’s sheep. 10 And it happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went forward and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifting up his voice, he wept. 12 And he announced to Rachel that he was a kinsman of her father and that he was the son of Rebekah; and she ran and told her father according to these words. 13 And it happened, when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and having embraced him, he kissed him and led him into his house. And he recounted to Laban all these matters. 14 And Laban said to him, "You are of my bones and of my flesh." And he stayed with him for a month of days.
15 εἶπεν δὲ Λαβὰν τῷ Ἰακώβ, ὅτι γὰρ ἀδελφός μου εἶ, οὐ δουλεύσεις μοι δωρεάν· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι, τίς ὁ μισθός σου ἐστιν. 16 τῷ δὲ Λαβὰν δύο θυγατέρες, ὄνομα τῇ μείζονι Λεία, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ νεωτέρᾳ Ῥαχήλ· 17 οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ Λείας ἀσθενεῖς, Ῥαχὴλ δὲ καλὴ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραία τῇ ὄψει. 15 And Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are indeed my kinsman, you shall not serve me for nothing; tell me, what shall your wage be?" 16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 And the eyes of Leah were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and lovely in appearance.
18 ἠγάπησεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ καὶ εἶπεν, δουλεύσω σοί ἑπτὰ ἔτη περὶ Ῥαχὴλ τῆς θυγατρός σου τῆς νεωτέρας. 19 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Λαβάν, βέλτιον δοῦναί με αὐτὴν σοί ἢ δοῦναί με αὐτὴν ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ· οἴκησον μετ' ἐμοῦ. 20 καὶ ἐδούλευσεν Ἰακὼβ περὶ Ῥαχὴλ ἔτη ἑπτά, καὶ ἦσαν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς ἡμέραι ὀλίγαι παρὰ τὸ ἀγαπᾶν αὐτὸν αὐτήν — 18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter." 19 And Laban said to him, "It is better for me to give her to you than for me to give her to another man; dwell with me." 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed in his sight like only a few days because of his love for her.
Laban's Treachery
21 εἶπεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸς Λαβάν, ἀπόδος τὴν γυναῖκά μου, πεπλήρωνται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι μου, ὅπως εἰσέλθω πρὸς αὐτήν. 22 συνήγαγεν δὲ Λαβὰν πάντας τοὺς ἄνδρας τοῦ τόπου καὶ ἐποίησεν γάμον. 23 καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ λαβὼν Λαβὰν Λείαν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὴν πρὸς Ἰακώβ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ. 24 ἔδωκεν δὲ Λαβὰν Λεία τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ζέλφαν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ αὐτῇ παιδίσκην. 25 ἐγένετο δὲ πρωί, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἦν Λεία. εἶπεν δὲ Ἰακώβ, τῷ Λαβὰν τί τοῦτο ἐποίησάς μοι; οὐ περὶ Ῥαχὴλ ἐδούλευσα παρὰ Σοὶ; καὶ ἵνα τί παρελογίσω με; 21 And Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her." 22 And Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a wedding feast. 23 And it happened in the evening that Laban took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her. 24 And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her servant. 25 And it happened in the morning, and behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
26 εἶπεν δὲ Λαβάν, οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτως ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἡμῶν, δοῦναι τὴν νεωτέραν πρὶν ἢ τὴν πρεσβυτέραν· 27 συντέλεσον οὖν τὰ ἕβδομα ταύτης, καὶ δώσω σοί καὶ ταύτην ἀντὶ τῆς ἐργασίας, ἧς ἐργᾷ παρ' ἐμοὶ ἔτι ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἕτερα. 28 ἐποίησεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ οὕτως καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσεν τὰ ἕβδομα ταύτης, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Λαβὰν Ῥαχὴλ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ γυναῖκα. 29 ἔδωκεν δὲ Λαβὰν Ῥαχὴλ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ Βάλλαν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ αὐτῇ παιδίσκην. 30 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς Ῥαχήλ· ἠγάπησεν δὲ Ῥαχὴλ μᾶλλον ἢ Λείαν· καὶ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἕτερα. 26 And Laban said, "It is not the custom in our place to give the younger before the firstborn." 27 "Complete the bridal week of this one, and I will give you the other one also in return for the work which you will serve with me for yet another seven years." 28 And Jacob did so and completed her week; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29 And Laban gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her servant. 30 And he went in to Rachel also; and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served him yet another seven years.
31 ἰδὼν δὲ κύριος ὅτι μισεῖται Λεία, ἤνοιξεν τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς· Ῥαχὴλ δὲ ἦν στεῖρα. 32 καὶ συνέλαβεν Λεία καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν τῷ Ἰακώβ· ἐκάλεσεν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ῥουβὴν λέγουσα, διότι εἶδέν μου κύριος τὴν ταπείνωσιν· νῦν με ἀγαπήσει ὁ ἀνήρ μου. 33 καὶ συνέλαβεν πάλιν Λεία καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν δεύτερον τῷ Ἰακὼβ καὶ εἶπεν, ὅτι ἤκουσεν κύριος ὅτι μισοῦμαι καὶ προσέδωκέν μοι καὶ τοῦτον· ἐκάλεσεν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Συμεών. 34 καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ εἶπεν, ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ πρὸς ἐμοῦ ἔσται ὁ ἀνήρ μου, ἔτεκον γὰρ αὐτῷ τρεῖς υἱούς· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Λευί. 35 καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτι ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ εἶπεν, νῦν ἔτι τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαι κυρίῳ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰούδα. καὶ ἔστη τοῦ τίκτειν. 31 And the Lord, seeing that Leah was hated, opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name Reuben, saying, "Because the Lord has seen my humiliation; now my husband will love me." 33 And she conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob and said, "Because the Lord heard that I am hated, He has given me this one also"; and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, "Now at this time my husband will be joined to me, for I have borne him three sons"; therefore she called his name Levi. 35 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, "Now once more I will give thanks to the Lord"; therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased from bearing.