The Holy Ivri Heritage Bible

1And Rachel having perceived that she bore Ya’akov no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Ya’akov, “Give me children; and if not, I shall die.” 2And Ya’akov was angry with Rachel, and said to her, “Am I in the place of Elohim, who has deprived you of the peri [fruit] of the womb?” 3And Rachel said to Ya’akov, “Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.” 4And she gave him Bilhah her maid, for a wife to him; and Ya’akov went in to her. 5And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived, and bore Ya’akov a son. 6And Rachel said, “Elohim has judged me, and has heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. 7And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Ya’akov. 8And Rachel said, “Elohim has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed.” And she called his name Naphtali. 9And Leah saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Ya’akov for a wife; and he went in to her. 10And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived, and bore Ya’akov a son. 11And Leah said, “It is happily!” And she called his name Gad. 12And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived yet again, and bore Ya’akov a second son. 13And Leah said, “I am blessed, for the women will call me blessed.” And she called his name Asher. 14And Reuven went in the days of barley harvest, and found duda’im [mandrakes/love apples] in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah her sister, “Give me of your son’s mandrakes.” 15And Leah said, “Is it not enough for you that you have taken my husband? Will you also take my son’s mandrakes?” And Rachel said, “Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.” 16And Ya’akov came in from the field at evening; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, “You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night. 17And Elohim listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Ya’akov a fifth son. 18And Leah said, “Elohim has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband.” And she called his name Yissachar [Issachar], which is, Reward. 19And Leah conceived again, and bore Ya’akov a sixth son. 20And Leah said, “Elohim has given me a good gift this time; my husband will dwell with me, for I have borne him six sons.” And she called his name Zevulun [Zabulon]. 21And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name Dinah. 22And Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim listened to her, and He opened her womb. 23And she conceived, and bore Ya’akov a son; and Rachel said, “Elohim has taken away my reproach.” 24And she called his name Yosef [Joseph], saying, “Let Yahuah add to me another son.” 25And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Yosef, Ya’akov said to Lavan, “Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land. 26Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart; for you know the service with which I have served you.” 27And Lavan said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by nachash [divination /observation] that Yahuah has blessed me because of you.” 28“Appoint me your wages, and I will give them.” 29And Ya’akov said, “You know how I have served you, and how your cattle have fared with me. 30For it was little you had before my time, and it has increased to a multitude, and Yahuah Elohim has blessed you since my coming. Now then, when shall I also provide for my own house?” 31And Lavan said to him, “What shall I give you?” And Ya’akov said, “You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock. 32Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats — this shall be my wages. 33So my tzadeqah [righteousness] shall answer for me in time to come, when you come to look upon my wages: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the lambs, shall be counted stolen with me.” 34And Lavan said, “Let it be according to your word.” 35And he removed that day the male goats that were speckled and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the dark-colored among the lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36And he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Ya’akov. And Ya’akov fed the rest of Lavan’s flocks. 37And Ya’akov took rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white which was in the rods. 38And he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, so that they might conceive when they came to drink. 39So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted young. 40And Ya’akov separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark-colored in the flock of Lavan. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Lavan’s flock. 41And it came to pass, whenever the stronger flocks conceived, Ya’akov laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the troughs, that they might conceive among the rods. 42But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Lavan’s, and the stronger were Ya’akov’s. 43And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female and male servants, camels, and donkeys.