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.”

¹Da Rakel så, at hun ikke fødte Jakob noget Barn, blev hun skinsyg på sin Søster og sagde til Jakob: "Skaf mig Børn, ellers dør jeg!"

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?”

²Men Jakob blev vred på Rakel og sagde: "Er jeg i Guds Sted? Det er jo ham, der har nægtet dig Livsfrugt!"

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.”

³Så sagde hun: "Der er min Trælkvinde Bilha; gå ind til hende, så hun kan føde på mine Knæ og jeg få Sønner ved hende!"

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

⁴Og hun gav ham sin Trælkvinde Bilha til Hustru, og Jakob gik ind til hende.

⁵Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

⁵Så blev Bilha frugtsommelig og fødte Jakob en Søn,

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

⁶og Rakel sagde: "Gud har hjulpet mig til min Ret, han har hørt min Røst og givet mig en Søn." Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Dan.

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

⁷Siden blev Rakels Trælkvinde Bilha frugtsommelig igen og fødte Jakob en anden Søn;

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

⁸og Rakel sagde: "Gudskampe har jeg kæmpet med min Søster og sejret." Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Naftali.

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

⁹Men da Lea så, at hun ikke fik flere Børn, tog hun sin Trælkvinde Zilpa og gav Jakob hende til Hustru;

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

¹⁰og da Leas Trælkvinde Zilpa fødte Jakob en Søn,

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

¹¹sagde Lea: "Hvilken Lykke!" Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Gad.

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

¹²Siden fødte Leas Trælkvinde Zilpa Jakob en anden Søn;

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

¹³og Lea sagde: "Held mig! Kvinderne vil prise mit Held!" Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Aser.

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.”

¹⁴Men da Ruben engang i Hvedehøstens Tid gik på Marken, fandt han nogle Kærlighedsæbler og bragte dem til sin Moder Lea. Da sagde Rakel til Lea: "Giv mig nogle af din Søns Kærlighedsæbler!"

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.”

¹⁵Lea svarede: "Er det ikke nok, at du har taget min Mand fra mig? Vil du nu også tage min Søns Kærlighedsæbler?" Men Rakel sagde: "Til Gengæld for din Søns Kærlighedsæbler må han ligge hos dig i Nat!"

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.

¹⁶Da så Jakob kom fra Marken om Aftenen, gik Lea ham i Møde og sagde: "Kom ind til mig i Nat, thi jeg har købt dig for min Søns Kærlighedsæbler!" Og han lå hos hende den Nat.

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

¹⁷Så bønhørte Gud Lea, og hun blev frugtsommelig og fødte Jakob en femte Søn;

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

¹⁸og Lea sagde: "Gud har lønnet mig, fordi jeg gav min Mand min Trælkvinde." Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Issakar.

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

¹⁹Siden blev Lea frugtsommelig igen og fødte Jakob en sjette Søn;

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.

²⁰og Lea sagde: "Gud har givet mig en god Gave, nu vil min Mand blive hos mig, fordi jeg har født ham seks Sønner." Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Zebulon.

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

²¹Siden fødte hun en Datter, som hun gav Navnet Dina.

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

²²Så kom Gud Rakel i Hu, og Gud bønhørte hende og åbnede hendes Moderliv,

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

²³så hun blev frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn; og hun sagde: "Gud har borttaget min Skændsel."

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

²⁴Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Josef; thi hun sagde: "HERREN give mig endnu en Søn!"

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.

²⁵Da Rakel havde født Josef. sagde Jakob til Laban: "Lad mig fare, at jeg kan drage til min Hjemstavn og mit Land;

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.”

²⁶giv mig mine Hustruer og mine Børn som jeg har tjent dig for, og lad mig drage bort; du ved jo selv, hvorledes jeg har tjent dig!"

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.”

²⁷Men Laban svarede: "Måtte jeg have fundet Nåde for dine Øjne! Jeg har udfundet, at HERREN bar velsignet mig for din Skyld."

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

²⁸Og han sagde: "Bestem, hvad du vil have i Løn af mig, så vil jeg give dig den!"

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

²⁹Så sagde Jakob: "Du ved jo selv, hvorledes jeg har tjent dig, og hvad din Ejendom er blevet til under mine Hænder;

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?”

³⁰thi før jeg kom, ejede du kun lidet, men nu har du Overflod; HERREN har velsignet dig, hvor som helst jeg satte min Fod. Men når kan jeg komme til at gøre noget for mit eget Hus?"

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.

³¹Laban svarede: "Hvad skal jeg da give dig?" Da sagde Jakob: "Du skal ikke give mig noget; men hvis du går ind på, hvad jeg nu foreslår dig, vedbliver jeg at være Hyrde for dine Hjorde og vogte dem.

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.

³²Jeg vil i Dag gå hele din Hjord igennem og udskille alle spættede og blakkede Dyr alle de sorte Får og de blakkede eller spættede Geder skal være min Løn;

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.”

³³i Morgen den Dag skal min Retfærdighed vidne for mig: Når du kommer og syner den Hjord, der skal være min Løn, da er alle de" Geder, som ikke er spættede eller blakkede, og de Får, som ikke er sorte, stjålet af mig."

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

³⁴Laban svarede: "Vel, lad det blive, som du siger!"

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.

³⁵Så udskilte han samme Dag de stribede og blakkede Bukke og de spættede og blakkede Geder, alle dem der havde hvide Pletter, og alle de sorte Får og overgav dem til sine Sønner,

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

³⁶og han lod der være tre Dagsrejser mellem dem og Jakob; og Jakob vogtede Resten af Labans Hjord.

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.

³⁷Men Jakob tog friske Grene af Hvidpopler, Mandeltræer og Plataner og afskrællede Barken således, at der kom hvide Striber på Grenene;

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.

³⁸og de afskrællede Grene stillede han op i Trugene foran Dyrene, i Vandrenderne, hvor Dyrene kom hen og drak; og de parrede sig, når de kom for at drikke;

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

³⁹Dyrene parrede sig foran Grenene og fødte så stribet, spættet og blakket Afkom.

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.

⁴⁰Og Lammene udskilte Jakob. Og han lod Dyrene vende Hovedet mod de stribede og alle de sorte dyr i Labans Hjord. På den Måde fik han sine egne Hjorde, som han ikke bragte sammen med Labans.

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;

⁴¹Og hver Gang de kraftige Dyr parrede sig, stillede Jakob Grenene op foran dem i Vandrenderne, for at de skulde parre sig foran Grenene;

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

⁴²men når det var de svage Dyr, stillede han dem ikke op; således kom de svage til at tilhøre Laban, de kraftige Jakob.

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

⁴³På den Måde blev Manden overmåde rig og fik Småkvæg i Mængde, Trælkvinder og Trælle, Kameler og Æsler.