Genesis 30 Free Bible Version
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1 When Rachel realized she was unable to give Jacob any children she was jealous of her sister. She complained to Jacob, “I'll die if you don't give me children!”
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.
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and told her, “Am I God? Do you think I'm the one stopping you having children?”
2 Y Jacob se enojaba contra Rachêl, y decía: ¿Soy yo en lugar de Dios, que te impidió el fruto de tu vientre?
3 “Here's my personal maid Bilhah,” Rachel replied. “Sleep with her and she can have children for me so I'll have a family too.”
3 Y ella dijo: He aquí mi sierva Bilha; entra á ella, y parirá sobre mis rodillas, y yo también tendré hijos de ella.
4 She gave her personal maid Bilhah to him as a wife and Jacob slept with her.
4 Así le dió á Bilha su sierva por mujer; y Jacob entró á ella.
5 Bilhah became pregnant and had a son for Jacob.
5 Y concibió Bilha, y parió á Jacob un hijo.
6 Rachel said, “God has judged in my favor! He listened to me and gave me a son.” So she named him Dan.
6 Y dijo Rachêl: Juzgóme Dios, y también oyó mi voz, y dióme un hijo. Por tanto llamó su nombre Dan.
7 Rachel's personal maid Bilhah became pregnant again and had a second son for Jacob.
7 Y concibió otra vez Bilha, la sierva de Rachêl, y parió el hijo segundo á Jacob.
8 Rachel said, “I've had a hard struggle with my sister, but I've won.” So she named him Naphtali.
8 Y dijo Rachêl: Con luchas de Dios he contendido con mi hermana, y he vencido. Y llamó su nombre Nephtalí.
9 Leah realized she wasn't having any more children, so she gave her personal maid Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
9 Y viendo Lea que había dejado de parir, tomó á Zilpa su sierva, y dióla á Jacob por mujer.
10 Zilpah had a son for Jacob.
10 Y Zilpa, sierva de Lea, parió á Jacob un hijo.
11 Leah said, “I'm really fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
11 Y dijo Lea: Vino la ventura. Y llamó su nombre Gad.
12 Leah's personal maid Zilpah became pregnant again and had a second son for Jacob.
12 Y Zilpa, la sierva de Lea, parió otro hijo á Jacob.
13 Leah said, “I'm so happy, and the other women will say I'm happy too!” So she named him Asher.
13 Y dijo Lea: Para dicha mía; porque las mujeres me dirán dichosa: y llamó su nombre Aser.
14 At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben found some mandrake plants when he was out in the fields. He took them back to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah, “Please give me some of the mandrakes your son found.”
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.
15 “Aren't you satisfied with stealing my husband?” Leah replied. “Are you going to take my son's mandrakes too?” “Fine, he can sleep with you tonight if you give me some mandrakes in return,” Rachel responded.
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.
16 When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You have to sleep with me because I've paid for you with my son's mandrakes,” she told him. So he slept 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.
17 God heard Leah's request, and she became pregnant and had a fifth son for Jacob.
17 Y oyó Dios á Lea: y concibió, y parió á Jacob el quinto hijo.
18 Leah said, “The Lord has rewarded me for giving my personal maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
18 Y dijo Lea: Dios me ha dado mi recompensa, por cuanto dí mi sierva á mi marido: por eso llamó su nombre Issachâr.
19 Then Leah became pregnant again and had a sixth son for Jacob.
19 Y concibió Lea otra vez, y parió el sexto hijo á Jacob.
20 Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I've given him six sons.” So she named him 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.
21 Later she had a daughter she named Dinah.
21 Y después parió una hija, y llamó su nombre Dina.
22 Then God paid attention to Rachel and listened to her appeals, and helped her to have children.
22 Y acordóse Dios de Rachêl, y oyóla Dios, y abrió su matriz.
23 She became pregnant and had a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.
23 Y concibió, y parió un hijo: y dijo: Quitado ha Dios mi afrenta:
24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me an additional son.”
24 Y llamó su nombre José, diciendo: Añádame Jehová otro hijo.
25 Once Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me leave so I can return to my home and my own country.
25 Y aconteció, cuando Rachêl hubo parido á José, que Jacob dijo á Labán: Envíame, é iré á mi lugar, y á mi tierra.
26 Give me my wives and children because I worked for you to have them. Let me go now because you know very well how much work I've done for you.”
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.
27 “Please be so kind as to stay,” Laban replied, “because I have discovered that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
27 Y Labán le respondió: Halle yo ahora gracia en tus ojos, [y quédate]; experimentado he que Jehová me ha bendecido por tu causa.
28 Then Laban continued, “Tell me how much to pay you and I'll give it to you.”
28 Y dijo: Señálame tu salario, que yo lo daré.
29 “You certainly know how much work I've done for you, and how well your flocks have done under my care.
29 Y él respondió: Tú sabes cómo te he servido, y cómo ha estado tu ganado conmigo;
30 You hardly had anything before I arrived, but now you have so much! The Lord has blessed you through what I've done. When am I going to be able to provide for my own family?”
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?
31 “Well, what do you propose I give you?” Laban asked again. “You don't have to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you want to do something for me, then how about this: I'll go on looking after your flocks, making sure they're fed.
31 Y él dijo: ¿Qué te daré? Y respondió Jacob: No me des nada: si hicieres por mí esto, volveré á apacentar tus ovejas.
32 Let me go through your flocks today and take all the sheep that are speckled or spotted, and all the dark ones, as well as all the speckled and spotted goats. They'll be my wages.
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.
33 In the future you'll be able to prove that I've been honest. When you check my flock, any goats that don't have speckles or spots, or any sheep that aren't dark will be considered stolen from you.”
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.
34 “Very good,” Laban agreed. “We'll do as you say.”
34 Y dijo Labán: Mira, ojalá fuese como tú dices.
35 However, the same day Laban went and removed all the striped and spotted male goats, all the speckled and spotted female goats, and all the dark sheep. He had his sons look after them and sent them away—
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;
36 a three day journey between them and Jacob, while Jacob was looking after the rest of Laban's flocks.
36 Y puso tres días de camino entre sí y Jacob: y Jacob apacentaba las otras ovejas de Labán.
37 Then Jacob cut some sticks from poplar, almond, and plane trees that had white wood under the bark. He peeled off some of the bark, making the sticks look streaked with white.
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.
38 He put the sticks he'd peeled in the water troughs where the flocks came to drink because that's where they mated.
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.
39 The flocks mated in front of the sticks and gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
39 Y concebían las ovejas delante de las varas, y parían borregos listados, pintados y salpicados de diversos colores.
40 Jacob separated all these ones out. Then he made his flock face towards those in Laban's flock that were streaked and dark. This is the way he kept his flocks apart from Laban's flock.
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.
41 When the strong females were ready to breed, Jacob put the sticks in the troughs where the flocks could see them when they mated.
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.
42 He didn't do this for the weaker females. The weaker ones went to Laban, and the strong ones went to Jacob.
42 Y cuando venían las ovejas tardías, no las ponía: así eran las tardías para Labán, y las tempranas para Jacob.
43 In this way Jacob became an extremely rich man with large flocks, and many male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.
43 Y acreció el varón muy mucho, y tuvo muchas ovejas, y siervas y siervos, y camellos y asnos.
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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