Genesis · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Genesis 30 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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1 And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.
1 Y VIENDO Rachêl que no daba hijos á Jacob, tuvo envidia de su hermana, y decía á Jacob: Dame hijos, ó si no, me muero.
1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
2 And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
2 Y Jacob se enojaba contra Rachêl, y decía: ¿Soy yo en lugar de Dios, que te impidió el fruto de tu vientre?
2 Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3 And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.
3 Y ella dijo: He aquí mi sierva Bilha; entra á ella, y parirá sobre mis rodillas, y yo también tendré hijos de ella.
3 She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
4 And she gave him Bilhah her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
4 Así le dió á Bilha su sierva por mujer; y Jacob entró á ella.
4 She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
5 Y concibió Bilha, y parió á Jacob un hijo.
5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.
6 Y dijo Rachêl: Juzgóme Dios, y también oyó mi voz, y dióme un hijo. Por tanto llamó su nombre Dan.
6 Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
7 Y concibió otra vez Bilha, la sierva de Rachêl, y parió el hijo segundo á Jacob.
7 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Naphtali.
8 Y dijo Rachêl: Con luchas de Dios he contendido con mi hermana, y he vencido. Y llamó su nombre Nephtalí.
8 Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
9 And Leah saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
9 Y viendo Lea que había dejado de parir, tomó á Zilpa su sierva, y dióla á Jacob por mujer.
9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
10 Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, parió á Jacob un hijo.
10 Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
11 Y dijo Lea: Vino la ventura. Y llamó su nombre Gad.
11 Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
12 And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
12 Y Zilpa, la sierva de Lea, parió otro hijo á Jacob.
12 Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Asher.
13 Y dijo Lea: Para dicha mía; porque las mujeres me dirán dichosa: y llamó su nombre Aser.
13 Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, Give me of thy son’s mandrakes.
14 Y fué Rubén en tiempo de la siega de los trigos, y halló mandrágoras en el campo, y trájolas á Lea su madre: y dijo Rachêl á Lea: Ruégote que me des de las mandrágoras de tu hijo.
14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, 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.”
15 And Leah said, [Is it] not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son’s mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee tonight for thy son’s mandrakes.
15 Y ella respondió: ¿Es poco que hayas tomado mi marido, sino que también te has de llevar las mandrágoras de mi hijo? y dijo Rachêl: Pues dormirá contigo esta noche por las mandrágoras de tu hijo.
15 Leah 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, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
16 Y cuando Jacob volvía del campo á la tarde, salió Lea á él, y le dijo: A mí has de entrar, porque á la verdad te he alquilado por las mandrágoras de mi hijo. Y durmió con ella aquella noche.
16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
17 Y oyó Dios á Lea: y concibió, y parió á Jacob el quinto hijo.
17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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.
18 Y dijo Lea: Dios me ha dado mi recompensa, por cuanto dí mi sierva á mi marido: por eso llamó su nombre Issachâr.
18 Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
19 Y concibió Lea otra vez, y parió el sexto hijo á Jacob.
19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20 And Leah said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zebulun.
20 Y dijo Lea: Dios me ha dado una buena dote: ahora morará conmigo mi marido, porque le he parido seis hijos: y llamó su nombre Zabulón.
20 Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.
21 And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dinah.
21 Y después parió una hija, y llamó su nombre Dina.
21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
22 Y acordóse Dios de Rachêl, y oyóla Dios, y abrió su matriz.
22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
23 Y concibió, y parió un hijo: y dijo: Quitado ha Dios mi afrenta:
23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
24 Y llamó su nombre José, diciendo: Añádame Jehová otro hijo.
24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”
25 And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.
25 Y aconteció, cuando Rachêl hubo parido á José, que Jacob dijo á Labán: Envíame, é iré á mi lugar, y á mi tierra.
25 When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
26 Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee.
26 Dame mis mujeres y mis hijos, por las cuales he servido contigo, y déjame ir; pues tú sabes los servicios que te he hecho.
26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
27 And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.
27 Y Labán le respondió: Halle yo ahora gracia en tus ojos, [y quédate]; experimentado he que Jehová me ha bendecido por tu causa.
27 Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”
28 Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [them].
28 Y dijo: Señálame tu salario, que yo lo daré.
28 He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
29 And Jacob said, Thou knowest in what things I have served thee, and how many cattle of thine are with me.
29 Y él respondió: Tú sabes cómo te he servido, y cómo ha estado tu ganado conmigo;
29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
30 For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
30 Porque poco tenías antes de mi venida, y ha crecido en gran número; y Jehová te ha bendecido con mi llegada: y ahora ¿cuándo tengo de hacer yo también por mi propia casa?
30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”
31 And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and Jacob said to him, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend thy flocks and keep them.
31 Y él dijo: ¿Qué te daré? Y respondió Jacob: No me des nada: si hicieres por mí esto, volveré á apacentar tus ovejas.
31 Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
32 Let all thy sheep pass by today, and separate thence every gray sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—[this] shall be my reward.
32 Yo pasaré hoy por todas tus ovejas, poniendo aparte todas las reses manchadas y de color vario, y todas las reses de color oscuro entre las ovejas, y las manchadas y de color vario entre las cabras; y esto será mi salario.
32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
33 And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and gray among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
33 Así responderá por mí mi justicia mañana, cuando me viniere mi salario delante de ti: toda la que no fuere pintada ni manchada en las cabras y de color oscuro en las ovejas [mías], se me ha de tener por de hurto.
33 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.”
34 And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.
34 Y dijo Labán: Mira, ojalá fuese como tú dices.
34 Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”
35 And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was gray among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
35 Y apartó aquel día los machos de cabrío rayados y manchados; y todas las cabras manchadas y de color vario, y toda res que tenía en sí algo de blanco, y todas las de color oscuro entre las ovejas, y púsolas en manos de sus hijos;
35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set a distance of a three days’ journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
36 Y puso tres días de camino entre sí y Jacob: y Jacob apacentaba las otras ovejas de Labán.
36 He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.
37 Y tomóse Jacob varas de álamo verdes, y de avellano, y de castaño, y descortezó en ellas mondaduras blancas, descubriendo así lo blanco de las varas.
37 Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.
38 Y puso las varas que había mondado en las pilas, delante del ganado, en los abrevaderos del agua donde venían á beber las ovejas, las cuales se recalentaban viniendo á beber.
38 He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
39 So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-colored [spots].
39 Y concebían las ovejas delante de las varas, y parían borregos listados, pintados y salpicados de diversos colores.
39 The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
40 Y apartaba Jacob los corderos, y poníalos con su rebaño, los listados, y todo lo que era oscuro en el hato de Labán. Y ponía su hato aparte, y no lo ponía con las ovejas de Labán.
40 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.
41 And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.
41 Y sucedía que cuantas veces se recalentaban las tempranas, Jacob ponía las varas delante de las ovejas en las pilas, para que concibiesen á la vista de las varas.
41 Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the watering troughs, that they might conceive among the rods;
42 But he did not put them in [indiscriminately] whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban’s, and the marked ones Jacob’s.
42 Y cuando venían las ovejas tardías, no las ponía: así eran las tardías para Labán, y las tempranas para Jacob.
42 but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43 And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
43 Y acreció el varón muy mucho, y tuvo muchas ovejas, y siervas y siervos, y camellos y asnos.
43 The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Asher
Second son of Zilpah, whose name means 'happy' or 'blessed.'
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:12–13; 49:20
Bilhah
Rachel's servant who became mother of Dan and Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:1-8
Dan
First son of Bilhah, whose name means 'he has judged.'
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:1–6; 49:16–18
Dinah
The one named daughter of Jacob, at the center of a grievous episode at Shechem.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:21; 34
Gad
First son of Zilpah, whose name speaks of good fortune.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:9–11; 49:19
Issachar
A son of Leah, likened to a strong donkey bearing its burden.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:14–18; 49:14–15
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Leah
Jacob's first wife, the unloved sister who became mother of six tribes and Dinah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-30
Naphtali
Second son of Bilhah, likened to a doe set free.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:7–8; 49:21
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
Zebulun
The last son of Leah, foretold to dwell by the seashore.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:19–20; 49:13
Zilpah
Leah's servant who became mother of Gad and Asher.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:9-13
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 5:2; Genesis 29:31; Genesis 37:11; Proverbs 14:30; 1 Corinthians 3:3
- 2 Genesis 16:2; Psalm 127:3; 2 Kings 5:7; Genesis 50:19; 1 Samuel 1:5
- 3 Genesis 50:23; Job 3:12; Genesis 16:2–3; Genesis 30:9; Ruth 4:11
- 4 Genesis 35:22; Genesis 21:10; Genesis 22:24; Genesis 33:2; 2 Samuel 12:11
- 6 Lamentations 3:59; Psalm 43:1; Psalm 35:24; Genesis 49:16–17; Genesis 35:25
- 8 Genesis 32:24–25; Genesis 49:21; Genesis 23:6; Matthew 4:13; Deuteronomy 33:23
- 9 Genesis 30:4; Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:17; Genesis 16:3
- 11 Genesis 49:19; Deuteronomy 33:20–21; Isaiah 65:11; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:16
- 13 Luke 1:48; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 49:20; Song of Songs 6:9; Proverbs 31:28
- 14 Song of Songs 7:13; Genesis 25:30
- 15 Numbers 16:13; 1 Corinthians 4:3; Numbers 16:9–10; Isaiah 7:13; Ezekiel 16:47
- 17 Exodus 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 1:26–27; Luke 1:13; Genesis 30:22
- 18 Genesis 49:14–15; Genesis 35:23; Deuteronomy 33:18; Genesis 46:13; 1 Chronicles 12:32
- 20 Genesis 49:13; Genesis 35:23; Matthew 4:13; Judges 5:14; Judges 4:10
- 21 Genesis 34:1–3; Genesis 34:26; Genesis 46:15
- 22 Genesis 29:31; Psalm 113:9; 1 Samuel 1:19–20; Genesis 25:21; Psalm 127:3
- 23 Luke 1:25; Genesis 29:31; Luke 1:27; 1 Samuel 1:5–6; Isaiah 4:1
- 24 Genesis 35:24; Genesis 49:22–26; Genesis 37:2; Revelation 7:8; Hebrews 11:21–22
- 25 Genesis 24:54; Genesis 24:56; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 28:13
- 26 Genesis 29:30; Hosea 12:12; Genesis 31:6; Genesis 29:19–20; Genesis 31:31
- 27 Genesis 26:24; Isaiah 61:9; Acts 7:10; Ruth 2:13; Genesis 39:21–23
- 28 Genesis 29:15; Genesis 29:19
- 29 Genesis 31:6; Genesis 31:38–40; 1 Peter 2:18; Colossians 3:22–25; Genesis 30:5
- 30 1 Timothy 5:8; 2 Corinthians 12:14; Deuteronomy 11:10
- 31 Hebrews 13:5; Psalm 118:8; 2 Samuel 21:4–6
- 32 Genesis 31:8; Genesis 31:10; Genesis 30:35
- 33 1 Samuel 26:23; Psalm 37:6; Genesis 31:37; 2 Samuel 22:21; Isaiah 59:12
- 34 1 Corinthians 14:5; 1 Corinthians 7:7; Galatians 5:12; Numbers 22:29
- 35 Genesis 31:9
- 37 Ezekiel 31:8; Genesis 31:9–13
- 39 Exodus 12:35–36; Genesis 31:40; Genesis 31:38; Genesis 31:42; Genesis 31:9–12
- 43 Genesis 26:13–14; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:30; Genesis 13:2; Genesis 12:16
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