Rachel Gives Bilhah to Jacob
30 Now when Rachel saw that she had not borne Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am going to die." 2 Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" 3 Then she said, "Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may give birth on my knees, so that by her I too may obtain a child." 4 So she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.
1 拉結見自己不給雅各生子，就嫉妒他姐姐，對雅各說，你給我孩子，不然我就死了。2 雅各向拉結生氣，說，叫你不生育的是神，我豈能代替他作主呢。3 拉結說，有我的使女辟拉在這裡，你可以與他同房，使他生子在我膝下，我便因他也得孩子。4 拉結就把他的使女辟拉給丈夫為妾，雅各便與他同房。
Dan and Naphtali Are Born
5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan. 7 And Rachel's slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 So Rachel said, "With mighty wrestling I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed." And she named him Naphtali.
5 辟拉就懷孕給雅各生了一個兒子。6 拉結說，神伸了我的冤，也聽了我的聲音，賜我一個兒子，因此給他起名叫但。7 拉結的使女辟拉又懷孕，給雅各生了第二個兒子。8 拉結說，我與我姐姐大大相爭，並且得勝，於是給他起名叫拿弗他利。
Gad and Asher Are Born
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 And Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. 12 And Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, "Happy am I! For women will call me happy." So she named him Asher.
9 利亞見自己停了生育，就把使女悉帕給雅各為妾。10 利亞的使女悉帕給雅各生了一個兒子。11 利亞說，萬幸，於是給他起名叫迦得。12 利亞的使女悉帕又給雅各生了第二個兒子。13 利亞說，我有福阿，眾女子都要稱我是有福的，於是給他起名叫亞設。
The Mandrakes
14 Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrake fruits 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 But she said to her, "Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son's mandrakes also?" So Rachel said, "Therefore he may sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."
14 割麥子的時候，流便往田裡去尋見風茄，拿來給他母親利亞。拉結對利亞說，請你把你兒子的風茄給我些。15 利亞說，你奪了我的丈夫還算小事麼，你又要奪我兒子的風茄麼。拉結說，為你兒子的風茄，今夜他可以與你同寢。
Issachar Is Born
16 When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must have relations with me, for I have indeed hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night. 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, "God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband." So she named him Issachar.
16 到了晚上，雅各從田裡回來，利亞出來迎接他，說，你要與我同寢，因為我實在用我兒子的風茄，把你雇下了。那一夜雅各就與他同寢。17 神應允了利亞，他就懷孕，給雅各生了第五個兒子。18 利亞說，神給了我價值，因為我把使女給了我丈夫，於是給他起名叫以薩迦。
Zebulun and Dinah
19 And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20 Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift; finally my husband will acknowledge me as his wife, because I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun. 21 Afterward she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
19 利亞又懷孕，給雅各生了第六個兒子。20 利亞說，神賜我厚賞，我丈夫必與我同住，因我給他生了六個兒子，於是給他起名西布倫。21 後來又生了一個女兒，給他起名叫底拿。
Joseph Is Born
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, "God has taken away my disgrace." 24 And she named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord give me another son."
22 神顧念拉結，應允了他，使他能生育。23 拉結懷孕生子，說，神除去了我的羞恥。24 就給他起名叫約瑟，意思說，願耶和華再增添我一個兒子。
Jacob Asks to Leave
25 Now it came about, when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, so that I may go to my own place and to my own country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you yourself know my service which I have rendered you." 27 But Laban said to him, "If it pleases you at all, stay with me; I have determined by divination that the Lord has blessed me on your account." 28 He continued, "Name me your wages, and I will give them."
25 拉結生約瑟之後，雅各對拉班說，請打發我走，叫我回到我本鄉本土去。26 請你把我服事你所得的妻子，和兒女給我，讓我走。我怎樣服事你，你都知道。27 拉班對他說，我若在你眼前蒙恩，請你仍與我同住，因為我已算定，耶和華賜福與我，是為你的緣故。28 又說，請你定你的工價，我就給你。
Jacob's Wages Proposed
29 But Jacob said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have fared with me. 30 For you had little before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?"
29 雅各對他說，我怎樣服事你，你的牲畜在我手裡怎樣，是你知道的。30 我未來之先，你所有的很少，現今卻發大眾多，耶和華隨我的腳步賜福與你。如今，我甚麼時候纔為自己興家立業呢。
The Speckled and Spotted Flock
31 So he said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock: 32 let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every speckled or spotted sheep and every black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted or speckled among the goats; and those shall be my wages."
31 拉班說，我當給你甚麼呢。雅各說，甚麼你也不必給我，只有一件事，你若應承，我便仍舊牧放你的羊群。32 今天我要走遍你的羊群，把綿羊中凡有點的，有斑的，和黑色的，並山羊中凡有斑的，有點的，都挑出來，將來這一等的，就算我的工價。
Jacob's Honesty
33 So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my wages. Every one that is not speckled or spotted among the goats, or black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen." 34 Laban said, "Good, let it be according to your word."
33 以後你來查看我的工價，凡在我手裡的山羊不是有點有斑的，綿羊不是黑色的，那就算是我偷的。這樣，便可證出我的公義來。34 拉班說，好阿。我情願照著你的話行。
Laban Removes the Marked Animals
35 So he removed on that day the striped or spotted male goats, and all the speckled or spotted female goats, every one with white on it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and put them in the care of his sons. 36 And he put a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
35 當日拉班把有紋的，有斑的公山羊，有點的，有斑的，有雜白紋的母山羊，並黑色的綿羊，都挑出來，交在他兒子們的手下。36 又使自己和雅各相離三天的路程。雅各就牧養拉班其餘的羊。
The Peeled Rods
37 Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was in the rods. 38 He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the drinking troughs, that is, in the watering channels where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink. 39 So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks delivered striped, speckled, and spotted offspring.
37 雅各拿楊樹、杏樹、楓樹的嫩枝，將皮剝成白紋，使枝子露出白的來。38 將剝了皮的枝子，對著羊群插在飲羊的水溝裡，和水槽裡，羊來喝的時候牝牡配合。39 羊對著枝子配合，就生下有紋的，有點的，有斑的來。
Jacob Grows Prosperous
40 Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban's flock. 41 Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the drinking troughs, so that they would mate by the rods; 42 but when the flock was sickly, he did not put them in; so the sickly were Laban's, and the stronger were Jacob's. 43 So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
40 雅各把羊羔分出來，使拉班的羊，與這有紋和黑色的羊相對，把自己的羊另放一處，不叫他和拉班的羊混雜。41 到羊群肥壯配合的時候，雅各就把枝子插在水溝裡，使羊對著枝子配合。42 只是到羊瘦弱配合的時候，就不插枝子。這樣，瘦弱的就歸拉班，肥壯的就歸雅各。43 於是雅各極其發大，得了許多的羊群，僕婢，駱駝，和驢。
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