¹拉結見自己沒有給雅各生孩子，就嫉妒她的姊姊，對雅各說：“你要給我兒子，不然，我要死了。”

¹When 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雅各就向拉結生氣，說：“使你不能生育的是　神，我能代替他嗎？”

²Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

³拉結說：“我的婢女辟拉在這裡，你可以與她親近，使她生子歸我，我就可以從她得到孩子。”

³She 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於是，拉結把自己的婢女辟拉給了雅各為妾，雅各就與她親近。

⁴She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

⁵辟拉懷孕，給雅各生了一個兒子。

⁵Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

⁶拉結說：“　神為我伸了冤，也垂聽了我的聲音，賜給我一個兒子。”所以給他起名叫但。

⁶Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan.

⁷拉結的使女辟拉又懷孕，給雅各生了第二個兒子。

⁷Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

⁸拉結說：“我與姊姊大大地相爭，我得勝了。”於是給孩子起名叫拿弗他利。

⁸Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

⁹利亞見自己停止生育，就把她的婢女悉帕給了雅各為妾。

⁹When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

¹⁰利亞的婢女悉帕給雅各生了一個兒子。

¹⁰Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

¹¹利亞說：“我真幸運。”給他起名叫迦得。

¹¹Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.

¹²利亞的婢女悉帕又給雅各生了第二個兒子。

¹²Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

¹³利亞說：“我真有福氣，眾女子都要稱我是有福的。”於是給孩子起名叫亞設。

¹³Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

¹⁴到了收割麥子的時候，流本出去，在田間找到了一些風茄，就拿來給他母親利亞。拉結對利亞說：“請你把你兒子的風茄分一些給我。”

¹⁴Reuben 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利亞回答拉結：“你奪去了我的丈夫，還算小事嗎？你還要奪去我兒子的風茄嗎？”拉結說：“好吧，今夜就讓他與你同睡，來交換你兒子的風茄。”

¹⁵She 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到了晚上，雅各從田間回來，利亞出去迎接他，說：“你要與我親近，因為我實在用我兒子的風茄把你雇下了。”那一夜，雅各就與利亞同睡。

¹⁶Jacob 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　神垂聽了利亞的禱告，利亞就懷孕，給雅各生了第五個兒子。

¹⁷God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

¹⁸利亞說：“　神給了我酬報，因為我把我的婢女給了我的丈夫。”於是給孩子起名叫以薩迦。

¹⁸Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

¹⁹利亞又懷孕，給雅各生了第六個兒子。

¹⁹Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

²⁰利亞說：“　神把美好的禮物送了給我，這一次我的丈夫要抬舉我了，因為我給他生了六個兒子。”於是給孩子起名叫西布倫。

²⁰Leah 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後來利亞又生了一個女兒，給她起名叫底拿。

²¹Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

²²　神顧念拉結，垂聽了她的禱告，使她能生育。

²²God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

²³拉結就懷孕，生了一個兒子，說：“　神把我的恥辱除去了。”

²³She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

²⁴於是給孩子起名叫約瑟，說：“願耶和華再給我一個兒子。”

²⁴She named him Joseph, Joseph means “may he add.” saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”

²⁵雅各向拉班訂定工價拉結生了約瑟以後，雅各對拉班說：“請你讓我走吧，我好回到自己的地方，自己的故鄉去。

²⁵It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

²⁶請你把我服事你所得的妻子和兒女都給我，讓我回去；我怎樣服事了你，你是知道的。”

²⁶Give 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拉班對他說：“我若蒙你賞臉，請你不要走，因為我得了神旨，知道耶和華賜福給我，是因你的緣故。”

²⁷Laban 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他又說：“請你定你的工資吧，我必給你。”

²⁸He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”

²⁹雅各對拉班說：“我怎樣服事了你，你的牲畜在我手裡情形怎樣，你是知道的。

²⁹He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

³⁰我沒來以前，你所有的很少，現在卻大大地增加了；耶和華隨著我的腳蹤賜福給你。現在，我甚麼時候才能興家立業呢？”

³⁰For 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拉班問：“我該給你甚麼？”雅各回答：“你甚麼也不必給我；只要你答應我這一件事，我就繼續牧放看守你的羊群。

³¹He 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今天我要走遍你的羊群，凡有斑點的羊、黑色的綿羊和有斑點的山羊，都挑出來，作為我的工資。

³²I 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日後你來查看我的工資的時候，我好對你證明我的公道。凡在我手裡沒有斑點的山羊，或不是黑色的綿羊，都算是我偷來的。”

³³So 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 counted stolen.”

³⁴拉班回答：“好吧，就照你的話去作。”

³⁴Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”

³⁵當日，拉班把有條紋和有斑點的公山羊、有斑點和有白紋的母山羊，以及所有黑色的綿羊，都挑出來交在自己的眾子手裡。

³⁵That 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又使自己和雅各之間相距有三天的路程。雅各就牧放拉班其餘的羊群。

³⁶He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

³⁷雅各使用詭計致富雅各拿楊樹、杏樹和楓樹的嫩枝子，把樹皮剝成白色的條紋，使枝子露出白的部分來。

³⁷Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

³⁸然後把剝了皮的枝子插在水溝和水槽裡，枝子正對著來喝水的羊群。羊群來喝水的時候，就彼此交配。

³⁸He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

³⁹羊群對著枝子交配，就生下有條紋和有斑點的小羊來。

³⁹The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.

⁴⁰雅各把羊羔分別出來，使拉班的羊，對著這些有條紋的和所有黑色的羊。他為自己另組羊群，不把牠們放在拉班的羊群中。

⁴⁰Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.

⁴¹到了肥壯的羊群要交配的時候，雅各就在羊群的面前把枝子插在水溝裡，使牠們在枝子中間彼此交配。

⁴¹It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

⁴²但當瘦弱的羊群交配的時候，雅各就不插枝子。這樣，瘦弱的就歸拉班，肥壯的就歸雅各。

⁴²but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

⁴³於是，雅各變成非常富有，擁有很多羊群、僕婢、駱駝和驢。

⁴³The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.