Genesis 30 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.	When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”	When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”
2	And Jacob's anger will burn at Rachel, and he will say, Am I instead of God, who kept back from thee the fruit of the belly?	Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”	Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
3	And she will say, Behold my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bring forth upon my knees, and I also shall be built from her.	Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.”	Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”
4	And she will give to him Bilhah her maid for a wife, and Jacob will go in to her.	So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.	So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,
5	And Bilhah will conceive and will bear to Jacob a son.	And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.	and she became pregnant and bore him a son.
6	And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan.	Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.	Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of this she named him Dan.
7	And Bilhah, Rachel's maid will yet again conceive and bare a second son to Jacob.	Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.	Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8	And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali.	Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.	Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9	And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife.	When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.	When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10	And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son.	Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.	Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11	And Leah will say, In good fortune: and she will call his name Gad.	And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” so she called his name Gad.	Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad.
12	And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob.	Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.	Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13	And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.	And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.	Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14	And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son's apples of mandrakes.	In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went 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.”	During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15	And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes.	But 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, “Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”	But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”
16	And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night.	When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night.	So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17	And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son.	And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.	God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18	And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar.	Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.	Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
19	And Leah will conceive yet again, and will bear the sixth son to Jacob.	And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.	Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20	And Leah will say, God gave me a good gift; this time will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons. And she will call his name Zebulon.	Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.	Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
21	And afterwards she bare a daughter, and she will call her name Dinah.	Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.	Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22	And God will remember Rachel, and God will listen to her, and he will open her womb.	Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.	Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.
23	And she will conceive and will bare a son, and she will say, God took away my reproach.	She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”	She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”
24	And she will call his name Joseph, saying, God will add to me another son.	And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add to me another son!”	She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
25	And it shall be when Rachel bare Joseph, and Jacob will say to Laban, send me away, and I shall go to my place and to my land.	As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country.	After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.
26	Give my wives and my children, for whom I served thee, and I will go forth; for thou knewest ray work which I served thee.	Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you.”	Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”
27	And Laban will say to him, If now I found grace in thine eyes, I prognosticated, and Jehovah will praise me because of thee.	But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.	But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
28	And he will say, Specify thy hire to me, and I will give.	Name your wages, and I will give it.”	He added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29	And he will say to him, Thou knewest what I served thee, and what was thy cattle with me.	Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me.	Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.
30	For little which was to thee before me, and it will break forth into a multitude; and Jehovah will praise thee at my foot: and now when shall I make to myself a house?	For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?”	The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?”
31	And he will say, What shall I give to thee? and Jacob will say, Thou shalt not give to me anything. If thou wilt do to me this word, I will return; I will feed thy sheep; I will watch.	He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:	“What shall I give you?” he asked. “Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
32	I will pass over among all thy sheep this day, removing from thence every sheep speckled and patched, and every sheep black among the lambs; and the patched and speckled among the she-goats; and it shall be my hire.	let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall be my wages.	Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages.
33	And my justice shall speak for me in the day tomorrow, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one which is not speckled and patched among the she-goats and black among the lambs, that to be stolen with me.	So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”	And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.”
34	And Laban will say to him, Behold, it shall be according to thy word.	Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.”	“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
35	And he will remove in that day the he-goats banded and patched, and all the she-goats speckled and patched; every one which being white on it, and every one black among the sheep, and he will give into the hand of his sons.	But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons.	That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons.
36	And he will set a way of three days between him and between Jacob; and Jacob fed Laban's sheep the rest.	And he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flock.	Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37	And Jacob will take to himself a rod of green storax, and the almond tree, and the plane tree, and he will strip off of them the white strippings, uncovering the white which was upon the rods.	Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks.	Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
38	And he set the rods which he stripped, in the flowings of channels of water, when the flock shall come to drink, before the sheep, and they shall be in heat in coming to drink.	He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,	Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
39	And the sheep shall conceive at the rods, and shall bring forth sheep banded and speckled and patched.	the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.	they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
40	And Jacob separated the lambs, and he will give the faces of the sheep to the banded and every one black among the sheep of Laban: and he will set to himself the flocks, to himself alone, and not put them with Laban's sheep.	And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock.	Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
41	And it was in every one conceiving of the strong sheep, and Jacob put the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the floorings, to conceive among the rods.	Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks,	Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,
42	And in the sheep being feeble, he will not put in: and those being feeble, were to Laban, and those being strong, to Jacob.	but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.	but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.
43	And the man will break forth greatly, greatly; and there will be to him many sheep and maids, and servants, and camels and asses.	Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.	In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
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