topch 30 next
Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 30
Sons of Jacob
1 ἰδοῦσα δὲ Ῥαχὴλ ὅτι οὐ τέτοκεν τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐζήλωσεν Ῥαχὴλ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἰακώβ, δός μοι τέκνα· εἰ δὲ μή, τελευτήσω ἐγώ. 2 ἐθυμώθη δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῇ Ῥαχὴλ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, μὴ ἀντὶ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι, ὃς ἐστέρησέν σὲ καρπὸν κοιλίας; 3 εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τῷ Ἰακώβ, ἰδοὺ ἡ παιδίσκη μου Βαλλά· εἴσελθε πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ τέξεται ἐπὶ τῶν γονάτων μου, καὶ τεκνοποιήσομαι κἀγὼ ἐξ αὐτῆς. 4 καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Βάλλαν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς αὐτῷ γυναῖκα· εἰσῆλθεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακώβ. 5 καὶ συνέλαβεν Βαλλὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Ῥαχὴλ καὶ ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. 6 καὶ εἶπεν Ῥαχήλ, ἔκρινέν μοι ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἐπήκουσεν τῆς φωνῆς μου καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι υἱόν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Δάν. 1 And when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children; otherwise, I shall die." 2 And Jacob was angry with Rachel and said to her, "Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?" 3 And Rachel said to Jacob, "Behold my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children through her." 4 And she gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived and bore a son to Jacob. 6 And Rachel said, "God has judged for me, and has heard my voice and given me a son"; therefore she called his name Dan.
7 καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Βαλλὰ ἡ παιδίσκη Ῥαχὴλ καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν δεύτερον τῷ Ἰακώβ. 8 καὶ εἶπεν Ῥαχὴλ συνελάβετό μοι ὁ θεός, καὶ συνανεστράφην τῇ ἀδελφῇ μου καὶ ἠδυνάσθην· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νεφθαλί.1 9 εἶδεν δὲ Λεία ὅτι ἔστη τοῦ τίκτειν καὶ ἔλαβεν Ζέλφαν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν τῷ Ἰακώβ. γυναῖκα 10 εἰσῆλθεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἰακὼβ καὶ συνέλαβεν Ζέλφα ἡ παιδίσκη Λείας καὶ ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. 11 καὶ εἶπεν Λεία, ἐν τύχῃ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Γάδ. 12 καὶ συνέλαβεν Ζέλφα ἡ παιδίσκη Λείας καὶ ἔτεκεν ἔτι τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱὸν δεύτερον. 13 καὶ εἶπεν Λεία μακαρία ἐγώ, ὅτι μακαρίζουσίν με αἱ γυναῖκες· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀσήρ. 7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob. 8 And Rachel said, "God has helped me, and I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed"; and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had ceased from bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 And Jacob went in to her, and Zilpah, Leah's maid, conceived and bore a son to Jacob. 11 And Leah said, "In luck!" and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob. 13 And Leah said, "Blessed am I, for the women will call me blessed"; and she called his name Asher.
14 ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ῥουβὴν ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ πυρῶν καὶ εὗρεν μῆλα μανδραγόρου ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ πρὸς Λείαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τῇ Λεία, δός μοι τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου. 15 εἶπεν δὲ Λεία, οὐχ ἱκανόν σοί ὅτι ἔλαβες τὸν ἄνδρα μου; μὴ καὶ τοὺς μανδραγόρας τοῦ υἱοῦ μου λήμψῃ; εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχήλ, οὐχ οὕτως· κοιμηθήτω μετὰ σου τὴν νύκτα ταύτην ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου. 16 εἰσῆλθεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἑσπέρας, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Λεία εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπεν, πρός με εἰσελεύσῃ σήμερον· μεμίσθωμαι γάρ σὲ ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ μου. καὶ ἐκοιμήθη μετ' αὐτῆς τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην. 14 And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest and found mandrake apples in the field and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, "Give me some of your son's mandrakes." 15 And Leah said, "Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband? Would you also take my son's mandrakes?" And Rachel said, "Not so; let him sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes." 16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me today, for I have surely hired you in exchange for my son's mandrakes." And he slept with her that night.
17 καὶ ἐπήκουσεν ὁ θεὸς Λείας, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱὸν πέμπτον. 18 καὶ εἶπεν Λεία, ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν μισθόν μου ἀνθ' οὗ ἔδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου τῷ ἀνδρί μου· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰσσαχάρ, ὅ ἐστιν Μισθός. 19 καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι Λεία καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν ἕκτον τῷ Ἰακώβ. 20 καὶ εἶπεν Λεία, δεδώρηταί μοι ὁ θεὸς δῶρον καλόν· ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ αἱρετιεῖ με ὁ ἀνήρ μου, ἔτεκον γὰρ αὐτῷ υἱοὺς ἕξ· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ζαβουλών. 21 καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔτεκεν θυγατέρα καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Δίνα.2 22 ἐμνήσθη δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῆς Ῥαχήλ, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῆς ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτῆς τὴν μήτραν, 23 καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ υἱόν. εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχήλ, ἀφεῖλεν ὁ θεός μου τὸ ὄνειδος· 24 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωσήφ λέγουσα προσθέτω ὁ θεός μοι υἱὸν ἕτερον. 17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob. 18 And Leah said, "God has given me my reward because I gave my maid to my husband"; and she called his name Issachar, which is 'Reward'. 19 And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And Leah said, "God has gifted me a good gift; now at this time my husband will choose me, for I have borne him six sons"; and she called his name Zebulun. 21 And after this, she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah. 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son to Jacob. And Rachel said, "God has taken away my reproach." 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May God add to me another son."
Jacob Prospers
25 ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς ἔτεκεν Ῥαχὴλ τὸν Ἰωσήφ, εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ τῷ Λαβὰν ἀπόστειλόν με, ἵνα ἀπέλθω εἰς τὸν τόπον μου καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου. 26 ἀπόδος τὰς γυναῖκάς μου καὶ τὰ παιδία, περὶ ὧν δεδούλευκά σοι, ἵνα ἀπέλθω· σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεις τὴν δουλείαν, ἣν δεδούλευκά σοι. 27 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Λαβάν, εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, οἰωνισάμην ἄν· εὐλόγησεν γάρ με ὁ θεὸς τῇ σῇ εἰσόδῳ. 28 διάστειλον τὸν μισθόν σου πρός με, καὶ δώσω. 25 And it happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may depart to my own place and to my own land." 26 "Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart; for you yourself know the service which I have served you." 27 And Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by omen; for God has blessed me at your coming." 28 "Specify your wage to me, and I will give it."
29 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ, σὺ γινώσκεις ἃ δεδούλευκά σοί καὶ ὅσα ἦν κτήνη σου μετ' ἐμοῦ· 30 μικρὰ γὰρ ἦν ὅσα σοί ἦν ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ, καὶ ηὐξήθη εἰς πλῆθος, καὶ ηὐλόγησέν σὲ κύριος ἐπὶ τῷ ποδί3 μου. νῦν οὖν πότε ποιήσω κἀγὼ ἐμαυτῷ οἶκον; 31 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λαβάν, τί σοί δώσω; εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ, οὐ δώσεις μοι οὐθέν· ἐὰν ποιήσῃς μοι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, πάλιν ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ φυλάξω. 32 παρελθάτω πάντα τὰ πρόβατά σου σήμερον, καὶ διαχώρισον ἐκεῖθεν πᾶν πρόβατον φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀρνάσιν καὶ πᾶν διάλευκον καὶ ῥαντὸν ἐν ταῖς αἰξίν· ἔσται μοι μισθός. 29 And Jacob said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how many your livestock were with me." 30 "For the little you had before I came has increased into a multitude, and the Lord blessed you at my foot [wherever I stepped]. Now then, when shall I also provide for my own house?" 31 And Laban said to him, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said to him, "You shall give me nothing; if you will do this thing for me, I will again pasture your sheep and guard them." 32 "Let all your sheep pass by today, and separate from there every gray sheep among the lambs, and every white-spotted and spotted one among the goats; this shall be my wage."
33 καὶ ἐπακούσεταί4 μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ αὔριον, ὅτι ἐστὶν ὁ μισθός μου ἐνώπιόν σου· πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ῥαντὸν καὶ διάλευκον ἐν ταῖς αἰξὶν καὶ φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀρνάσιν, κεκλεμμένον ἔσται παρ' ἐμοί. 34 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Λαβάν, ἔστω κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου. 35 καὶ διέστειλεν διέστειλεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τοὺς τράγους τοὺς ῥαντοὺς καὶ τοὺς διαλεύκους καὶ πάσας τὰς αἶγας τὰς ῥαντὰς καὶ τὰς διαλεύκους καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἦν λευκὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἦν φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀρνάσιν, καὶ ἔδωκεν διὰ χειρὸς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ. 36 καὶ ἀπέστησεν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰακώβ· Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐποίμαινεν τὰ πρόβατα Λαβὰν τὰ ὑπολειφθέντα. 33 "And my righteousness shall answer for me tomorrow, when the matter of my wage comes before you; everything that is not spotted and white-spotted among the goats, and gray among the lambs, shall be considered stolen if found with me." 34 And Laban said to him, "Let it be according to your word." 35 And on that day he separated the spotted and white-spotted male goats, and all the spotted and white-spotted female goats—everything that had white in it—and everything gray among the lambs, and gave them into the hands of his sons. 36 And he put a three days' journey between them and Jacob; and Jacob pastured the remaining sheep of Laban.
37 ἔλαβεν δὲ ἑαυτῷ Ἰακὼβ ῥάβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυίνην καὶ πλατάνου, καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰς Ἰακὼβ λεπίσματα λευκὰ περισύρων τὸ χλωρόν· ἐφαίνετο δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς ῥάβδοις τὸ λευκόν, ὃ ἐλέπισεν, ποικίλον. 38 καὶ παρέθηκεν τὰς ῥάβδους, ἃς ἐλέπισεν, ἐν ταῖς ληνοῖς τῶν ποτιστηρίων τοῦ ὕδατος, ἵνα, ὡς ἄν ἔλθωσιν τὰ πρόβατα πιεῖν ἐνώπιον τῶν ῥάβδων, ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πιεῖν, 39 ἐγκισσήσωσιν τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὰς ῥάβδους· καὶ ἔτικτον τὰ πρόβατα διάλευκα καὶ ποικίλα καὶ σποδοειδῆ ῥαντά. 37 And Jacob took for himself green rods of storax, hazel, and plane tree, and Jacob peeled white stripes in them, stripping away the green; and the white that he had peeled appeared variegated on the rods. 38 And he placed the rods which he had peeled in the troughs of the water drinkers, so that whenever the sheep came to drink in front of the rods—as they came to drink—39 the sheep might conceive at the rods. And the sheep brought forth white-spotted and variegated and ash-spotted ones.
40 τοὺς δὲ ἀμνοὺς διέστειλεν Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐναντίον τῶν προβάτων κριὸν διάλευκον καὶ πᾶν ποικίλον ἐν τοῖς ἀμνοῖς· καὶ διεχώρισεν ἑαυτῷ ποίμνια καθ' ἑαυτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἔμιξεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα Λαβάν. 41 ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ, ᾧ ἐνεκίσσησεν τὰ πρόβατα ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα, ἔθηκεν Ἰακὼβ τὰς ῥάβδους ἐναντίον τῶν προβάτων ἐν ταῖς ληνοῖς τοῦ ἐγκισσῆσαι αὐτὰ κατὰ τὰς ῥάβδους· 42 ἡνίκα δ' ἄν ἔτεκον τὰ πρόβατα, οὐκ ἐτίθει· ἐγένετο δὲ τὰ ἄσημα τοῦ Λαβάν, τὰ δὲ ἐπίσημα τοῦ Ἰακώβ. 43 καὶ ἐπλούτησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος σφόδρα σφόδρα, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ κτήνη πολλὰ καὶ βόες καὶ παῖδες καὶ παιδίσκαι καὶ κάμηλοι καὶ ὄνοι. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs and set before the sheep a white-spotted ram and everything variegated among the lambs; and he set apart flocks for himself by himself and did not mix them with the sheep of Laban. 41 And it happened, at the time when the sheep were conceiving in the womb, Jacob placed the rods before the sheep in the troughs, so that they might conceive according to the rods. 42 But whenever the sheep brought forth, he did not place them. So the unmarked ones became Laban’s, and the marked ones became Jacob’s. 43 And the man became exceedingly wealthy, and he had many livestock and cattle and male and female servants and camels and donkeys.