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And when Rachel[H7354]saw[H7200] that she bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] no children[H1121], Rachel[H7354]envied[H7065] her sister[H269]; and said[H559] unto Jacob[H3290], Give[H3051] me children[H1121], or else[H369] I die[H4191].
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And Jacob's anger[H639] was kindled[H2734] against Rachel[H7354]: and he said[H559], Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld[H4513] from thee the fruit[H6529] of the womb?[H990]
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And she said[H559], Behold my maid[H519]Bilhah[H1090], go in[H935] unto her; and she shall bear[H3205] upon my knees[H1290], that I may also have children[H1129] by her.
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And she gave[H5414] him Bilhah[H1090] her handmaid[H8198] to wife[H802]: and Jacob[H3290] went in[H935] unto her.
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And Bilhah[H1090]conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] a son[H1121].
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And Rachel[H7354]said[H559], God[H430] hath judged[H1777] me, and hath also heard[H8085] my voice[H6963], and hath given[H5414] me a son[H1121]: therefore called[H7121] she his name[H8034]Dan[H1835].
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And Bilhah[H1090] Rachel's maid[H8198]conceived[H2029] again, and bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] a second[H8145]son[H1121].
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And Rachel[H7354]said[H559], With great[H430]wrestlings[H5319] have I wrestled[H6617] with my sister[H269], and I have prevailed[H3201]: and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Naphtali[H5321].
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When Leah[H3812]saw[H7200] that she had left[H5975]bearing[H3205], she took[H3947]Zilpah[H2153] her maid[H8198], and gave[H5414] her Jacob[H3290] to wife[H802].
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And Zilpah[H2153] Leah's maid[H8198]bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] a son[H1121].
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And Leah[H3812]said[H559], A troop[H1409]cometh[H935]: and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Gad[H1410].
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And Zilpah[H2153] Leah's maid[H8198]bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] a second[H8145]son[H1121].
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And Leah[H3812]said[H559], Happy am I[H837], for the daughters[H1323] will call me blessed[H833]: and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Asher[H836].
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And Reuben[H7205] went in[H3212] the days[H3117] of wheat[H2406]harvest[H7105], and found[H4672]mandrakes[H1736]in[H3212] the field[H7704], and brought[H935] them unto his mother[H517]Leah[H3812]. Then Rachel[H7354]said[H559] to Leah[H3812], Give me[H5414], I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes[H1736].
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And she said[H559] unto her, Is it a small matter[H4592] that thou hast taken[H3947] my husband?[H376] and wouldest thou take away[H3947] my son's mandrakes[H1736] also? And Rachel[H7354]said[H559], Therefore he shall lie[H7901] with thee to night[H3915]for[H8478] thy son's mandrakes[H1736].
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And Jacob[H3290]came[H935]out[H3318] of the field[H7704]in[H935] the evening[H6153], and Leah[H3812] went out[H3318] to meet[H7125] him, and said[H559], Thou must come in[H935] unto me; for surely[H7936] I have hired[H7936] thee with my son's mandrakes[H1736]. And he lay[H7901] with her that night[H3915].
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And God[H430]hearkened[H8085] unto Leah[H3812], and she conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] the fifth[H2549]son[H1121].
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And Leah[H3812]said[H559], God[H430] hath given[H5414] me my hire[H7939], because[H834] I have given[H5414] my maiden[H8198] to my husband[H376]: and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Issachar[H3485].
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And Leah[H3812]conceived[H2029] again, and bare[H3205]Jacob[H3290] the sixth[H8345]son[H1121].
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And Leah[H3812]said[H559], God[H430] hath endued[H2064] me with a good[H2896]dowry[H2065]; now[H6471] will my husband[H376]dwell[H2082] with me, because I have born[H3205] him six[H8337]sons[H1121]: and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Zebulun[H2074].
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And afterwards[H310] she bare[H3205] a daughter[H1323], and called[H7121] her name[H8034]Dinah[H1783].
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And God[H430]remembered[H2142]Rachel[H7354], and God[H430]hearkened[H8085] to her, and opened[H6605] her womb[H7358].
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And she conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and said[H559], God[H430] hath taken away[H622] my reproach[H2781]:
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And she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Joseph[H3130]; and said[H559], The LORD[H3068] shall add[H3254] to me another[H312]son[H1121].
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And it came to pass, when Rachel[H7354] had born[H3205]Joseph[H3130], that Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto Laban[H3837], Send me away[H7971], that I may go[H3212] unto mine own place[H4725], and to my country[H776].
26Give[H5414] me my wives[H802] and my children[H3206], for[H2004] whom I have served[H5647] thee, and let me go[H3212]: for[H2004] thou knowest[H3045] my service[H5656] which I have done[H5647] thee.
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559] unto him, I pray thee, if I have found[H4672]favour[H2580] in thine eyes[H5869], tarry: for I have learned by experience[H5172] that the LORD[H3068] hath blessed[H1288] me for thy sake[H1558].
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And he said[H559], Appoint[H5344] me thy wages[H7939], and I will give[H5414] it.
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And he said[H559] unto him, Thou knowest[H3045]how[H834] I have served[H5647] thee, and how[H834] thy cattle[H4735] was with me.
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For it was little[H4592] which thou hadst before I[H6440] came, and it is now increased[H6555] unto a multitude[H7230]; and the LORD[H3068] hath blessed[H1288] thee since my coming[H7272]: and now when[H4970] shall I[H6440]provide[H6213] for mine own house[H1004] also?
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And he said[H559], What shall I give[H5414]thee?[H5414] And Jacob[H3290]said[H559], Thou shalt not give[H5414] me any thing[H3972]: if thou wilt do[H6213] this thing[H1697] for me, I will again[H7725]feed[H7462] and keep[H8104] thy flock[H6629]:
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I will pass[H5674] through all thy flock[H6629] to day[H3117], removing[H5493] from thence all the speckled[H5348] and spotted[H2921]cattle[H7716], and all the brown[H2345]cattle[H7716] among the sheep[H3775], and the spotted[H2921] and speckled[H5348] among the goats[H5795]: and of such shall be my hire[H7939].
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So shall my righteousness[H6666]answer[H6030] for me in time[H3117] to come[H4279], when it shall come[H935] for my hire[H7939] before thy face[H6440]: every one[H3605] that is not speckled[H5348] and spotted[H2921] among the goats[H5795], and brown[H2345] among the sheep[H3775], that shall be counted stolen[H1589] with me.
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559], Behold, I would it might be[H3863] according to thy word[H1697].
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And he removed[H5493] that day[H3117] the he goats[H8495] that were ringstraked[H6124] and spotted[H2921], and all the she goats[H5795] that were speckled[H5348] and spotted[H2921], and every one that had some white[H3836] in it, and all the brown[H2345] among the sheep[H3775], and gave[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of his sons[H1121].
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And he set[H7760]three[H7969]days[H3117]' journey[H1870] betwixt himself and Jacob[H3290]: and Jacob[H3290]fed[H7462] the rest[H3498] of Laban's flocks[H6629].
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And Jacob[H3290]took[H3947] him rods[H4731] of green[H3892]poplar[H3839], and of the hazel[H3869] and chesnut tree[H6196]; and pilled[H6478]white[H3836]strakes[H6479] in them, and made the white[H3836]appear[H4286] which was in the rods[H4731].
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And he set[H3322] the rods[H4731] which he had pilled[H6478]before[H5227] the flocks[H6629] in the gutters[H7298] in the watering[H4325]troughs[H8268] when the flocks[H6629]came[H935] to drink[H8354], that they should conceive[H3179] when they came[H935] to drink[H8354].
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And the flocks[H6629]conceived[H3179] before the rods[H4731], and brought forth[H3205]cattle[H6629]ringstraked[H6124], speckled[H5348], and spotted[H2921].
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And Jacob[H3290] did separate[H6504] the lambs[H3775], and set[H5414] the faces[H6440] of the flocks[H6629]toward[H413] the ringstraked[H6124], and all the brown[H2345] in the flock[H6629] of Laban[H3837]; and he put[H7896] his own flocks[H5739] by themselves, and put[H7896] them not unto Laban[H3837]'s cattle[H6629].
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And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger[H7194]cattle[H6629] did conceive[H3179], that Jacob[H3290]laid[H7760] the rods[H4731] before the eyes[H5869] of the cattle[H6629] in the gutters[H7298], that they might conceive[H3179] among the rods[H4731].
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But when the cattle[H6629] were feeble[H5848], he put them not in[H7760]: so the feebler[H5848] were Laban's, and the stronger[H7194] Jacob's.
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And the man[H376]increased[H6555]exceedingly[H3966], and had much[H7227]cattle[H6629], and maidservants[H8198], and menservants[H5650], and camels[H1581], and asses[H2543].