KJV + Strong's Dan and Naphtali 1And when Rachelsawthat she bareJacobno children, Rachelenviedher sister;and saidunto Jacob,Giveme children,or elseI die.2And Jacob'sangerwas kindledagainst Rachel:and he said,[Am] I in God'sstead, who hath withheldfrom thee the fruitof the womb?3And she said,Behold my maidBilhah,go inunto her; and she shall bearupon my knees,that I may also have childrenby her.4And she gavehim Bilhahher handmaidto wife:and Jacobwent inunto her.5And Bilhahconceived,and bareJacoba son.6And Rachelsaid,Godhath judgedme, and hath also heardmy voice,and hath givenme a son:therefore calledshe his nameDan.7And BilhahRachel'smaidconceivedagain, and bareJacoba secondson.8And Rachelsaid,With greatwrestlingshave I wrestledwith my sister,and I have prevailed:and she calledhis nameNaphtali. Gad and Asher 9When Leahsawthat she had leftbearing,she tookZilpahher maid,and gaveher Jacobto wife.10And ZilpahLeah'smaidbareJacoba son.11And Leahsaid,A troopcometh:and she calledhis nameGad.12And ZilpahLeah'smaidbareJacoba secondson.13And Leahsaid,Happy am I,for the daughterswill call me blessed:and she calledhis nameAsher. 14And Reubenwent inthe daysof wheatharvest,and foundmandrakesin the field,and broughtthem unto his motherLeah.Then Rachelsaidto Leah,Give me,I pray thee, of thy son'smandrakes.15And she saidunto her, [Is it] a small matterthat thou hast takenmy husband?and wouldest thou take awaymy son'smandrakesalso? And Rachelsaid,Therefore he shall liewith thee to nightforthy son'smandrakes.16And Jacobcameout of the fieldin the evening,and Leahwent outto meethim, and said,Thou must come inunto me; for surelyI have hiredthee with my son'smandrakes.And he laywith her that night. Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah 17And Godhearkenedunto Leah,and she conceived,and bareJacobthe fifthson.18And Leahsaid,Godhath givenme my hire,becauseI have givenmy maidento my husband:and she calledhis nameIssachar.19And Leahconceivedagain, and bareJacobthe sixthson.20And Leahsaid,Godhath enduedme [with] a gooddowry;nowwill my husbanddwellwith me, because I have bornhim sixsons:and she calledhis nameZebulun.21And afterwardsshe barea daughter,and calledher nameDinah. The Birth of Joseph 22And GodrememberedRachel,and Godhearkenedto her, and openedher womb.23And she conceived,and barea son;and said,Godhath taken awaymy reproach:24And she calledhis nameJoseph;and said,The LORDshall addto me anotherson. Jacob Prospers 25And it came to pass, when Rachelhad bornJoseph,that Jacobsaidunto Laban,Send me away,that I may gounto mine own place,and to my country.26Give[me] my wivesand my children,forwhom I have servedthee, and let me go:for thou knowestmy servicewhich I have donethee.27And Labansaidunto him, I pray thee, if I have foundfavourin thine eyes,[tarry: for] I have learned by experiencethat the LORDhath blessedme for thy sake.28And he said,Appointme thy wages,and I will give[it].29And he saidunto him, Thou knowesthowI have servedthee, and howthy cattlewas with me.30For [it was] littlewhich thou hadst before I[came], and it is [now] increasedunto a multitude;and the LORDhath blessedthee since my coming:and now whenshall I providefor mine own housealso?31And he said,What shall I give thee?And Jacobsaid,Thou shalt not giveme any thing:if thou wilt dothis thingfor me, I will againfeed[and] keepthy flock:32I will passthrough all thy flockto day,removingfrom thence all the speckledand spottedcattle,and all the browncattleamong the sheep,and the spottedand speckledamong the goats:and [of such] shall be my hire.33So shall my righteousnessanswerfor me in timeto come,when it shall comefor my hirebefore thy face:every onethat [is] not speckledand spottedamong the goats,and brownamong the sheep,that shall be counted stolenwith me.34And Labansaid,Behold, I would it might beaccording to thy word.35And he removedthat daythe he goatsthat were ringstrakedand spotted,and all the she goatsthat were speckledand spotted,[and] every one that had [some] whitein it, and all the brownamong the sheep,and gave[them] into the handof his sons.36And he setthreedays'journeybetwixt himself and Jacob:and Jacobfedthe restof Laban'sflocks. 37And Jacobtookhim rodsof greenpoplar,and of the hazeland chesnut tree;and pilledwhitestrakesin them, and made the whiteappearwhich [was] in the rods.38And he setthe rodswhich he had pilledbeforethe flocksin the guttersin the wateringtroughswhen the flockscameto drink,that they should conceivewhen they cameto drink.39And the flocksconceivedbefore the rods,and brought forthcattleringstraked,speckled,and spotted.40And Jacobdid separatethe lambs,and setthe facesof the flockstowardthe ringstraked,and all the brownin the flockof Laban;and he puthis own flocksby themselves, and putthem not unto Laban'scattle.41And it came to pass, whensoever the strongercattledid conceive,that Jacoblaidthe rodsbefore the eyesof the cattlein the gutters,that they might conceiveamong the rods.42But when the cattlewere feeble,he put [them] not in:so the feeblerwere Laban's,and the strongerJacob's.43And the manincreasedexceedingly,and had muchcattle,and maidservants,and menservants,and camels,and asses. |
    |