## Genesis Chapter 30

###### Genesis 30:1
[Genesis 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:1)

וַתֵּ֣רֶא רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽלְדָה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א רָחֵ֖ל בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ הָֽבָה־לִּ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְאִם־אַ֖יִן מֵתָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Rochel saw that she was not bearing children to Yaakov. Rochel became jealous of her sister, and she said to Yaakov, Give me children; if not I am [considered] dead.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Raĥel saw that she bore Ya῾aqov no children, Raĥel envied her sister; and said, Give me children, or else I die.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Rachel saw that she had not borne (a child) to Jacob, and Rachel envied her sister, [thinking that if Leah were not more righteous than she, she, too, would not have borne], and she said to Jacob: "Give me children" [i.e., pray for me to bear children, as your father did for your mother], "and if not, I am dead."


###### Genesis 30:2
[Genesis 30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:2)

וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּרָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲתַ֤חַת אֱלֹהִים֙ אָנֹ֔כִי אֲשֶׁר־מָנַ֥ע מִמֵּ֖ךְ פְּרִי־בָֽטֶן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov became very angry with Rochel, and he said, Am I in God’s place? [It is He] who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov’s anger burned against Raĥel: and he said, Am I in the place of God, Who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob's wrath burned against Rachel, and he said: Am I in the place of G d, who has withheld from you [(but not from me)] the fruit of the womb?


###### Genesis 30:3
[Genesis 30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:3)

וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה אֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה בֹּ֣א אֵלֶ֑יהָ וְתֵלֵד֙ עַל־בִּרְכַּ֔י וְאִבָּנֶ֥ה גַם־אָנֹכִ֖י מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
She said, Here is my handmaid, Bilhah, consummate a marriage with her. Let her give birth upon my knees, and I too will have a son through her.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she said, Behold my maid Bilha, go in to her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she said: Here is my handmaid Bilhah. Come to her and let her bear upon my knees, [i.e., I shall raise her child], and I, too, shall build up [i.e., bear a child] by cause of her, [(as Sarah did after she had given her handmaid Hagar to Abraham)].


###### Genesis 30:4
[Genesis 30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:4)

וַתִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ אֶת־בִּלְהָ֥ה שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
She gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, as a wife and Yaakov consummated the marriage with her.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she gave him Bilha her handmaid to wife: and Ya῾aqov went in to her.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as a wife, and Jacob lived with her.


###### Genesis 30:5
[Genesis 30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:5)

וַתַּ֣הַר בִּלְהָ֔ה וַתֵּ֥לֶד לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב בֵּֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Bilhah conceived and bore Yaakov a son.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Bilha conceived, and bore Ya῾aqov a son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Bilhah conceived and she bore a son to Jacob.


###### Genesis 30:6
[Genesis 30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:6)

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רָחֵל֙ דָּנַ֣נִּי אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְגַם֙ שָׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֔י וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֖י בֵּ֑ן עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָרְאָ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ דָּֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Rochel said, Elohim has judged me. He has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. She therefore named him Don.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Raĥel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Rachel said: G d judged me (danani) [and made me barren], and He also heard my plaint and gave me a son — wherefore she called his name Dan.


###### Genesis 30:7
[Genesis 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:7)

וַתַּ֣הַר ע֔וֹד וַתֵּ֕לֶד בִּלְהָ֖ה שִׁפְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֑ל בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
She conceived again, and Bilhah, Rochel’s handmaid, bore a second son to Yaakov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Bilha Raĥel’s maid conceived again, and bore Ya῾aqov a second son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she conceived again, and Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, bore a second son to Jacob.


###### Genesis 30:8
[Genesis 30:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:8)

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִ֖י גַּם־יָכֹ֑לְתִּי וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Rochel said, With Elohim’s bonds, I have been joined to my sister, and I have also prevailed. She [therefore] called him Naftali.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Raĥel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naftali.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Rachel said: [With many] importunities (naftulim) did I importune G d [to be equal] with my sister, and I also prevailed [i.e., He was also entreated of me], and she called his name Naftali.


###### Genesis 30:9
[Genesis 30:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:9)

וַתֵּ֣רֶא לֵאָ֔ה כִּ֥י עָמְדָ֖ה מִלֶּ֑דֶת וַתִּקַּח֙ אֶת־זִלְפָּ֣ה שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ וַתִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Leah realized that she was no longer bearing children. She [therefore] took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Yaakov as a wife.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When Le᾽a saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpa her maid, and gave her to Ya῾aqov to wife.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took her handmaid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.


###### Genesis 30:10
[Genesis 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:10)

וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה לְיַעֲקֹ֥ב בֵּֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Yaakov a son.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Zilpa Le᾽a’s maid bore Ya῾aqov a son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore a son to Jacob.


###### Genesis 30:11
[Genesis 30:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:11)

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר לֵאָ֖ה (בגד) [בָּ֣א גָ֑ד] וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ גָּֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Leah said, Unexpected success has come, and she named him Gad.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Le᾽a said, Fortune comes, and she called his name Gad.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Leah said: "Bagad" ("Good fortune comes"), and she called his name Gad.


###### Genesis 30:12
[Genesis 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:12)

וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּה֙ שִׁפְחַ֣ת לֵאָ֔ה בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid bore a second son to Yaakov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Zilpa Le᾽a’s maid bore Ya῾aqov a second son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore a second son to Jacob.


###### Genesis 30:13
[Genesis 30:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:13)

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֔ה בְּאׇשְׁרִ֕י כִּ֥י אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי בָּנ֑וֹת וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אָשֵֽׁר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Leah said, It is in my good fortune that daughters [women] will consider me fortunate. She named him Asher.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Le᾽a said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Leah said: For my praise (be'ashri); for daughters will praise me. And she called his name Asher.


###### Genesis 30:14
[Genesis 30:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:14)

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ רְאוּבֵ֜ן בִּימֵ֣י קְצִיר־חִטִּ֗ים וַיִּמְצָ֤א דֽוּדָאִים֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וַיָּבֵ֣א אֹתָ֔ם אֶל־לֵאָ֖ה אִמּ֑וֹ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רָחֵל֙ אֶל־לֵאָ֔ה תְּנִי־נָ֣א לִ֔י מִדּוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Reuvein went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found jasmine flowers in the field. He brought them to Leah, his mother. Rochel said to Leah, Please give me some of your son’s jasmine flowers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Re᾽uven went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Le᾽a. Then Raĥel said to Le᾽a, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Reuven went in the days of the wheat harvest, and he found violets in the field [(He took what was ownerless and not what had been harvested)], and he brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah: Give me of the violets of your son.


###### Genesis 30:15
[Genesis 30:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:15)

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֗הּ הַמְעַט֙ קַחְתֵּ֣ךְ אֶת־אִישִׁ֔י וְלָקַ֕חַת גַּ֥ם אֶת־דּוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל לָכֵן֙ יִשְׁכַּ֤ב עִמָּךְ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה תַּ֖חַת דּוּדָאֵ֥י בְנֵֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
She [Leah] said to her, Isn’t it enough that you took my husband? Would you also take my son’s jasmine flowers? Rochel said, Therefore, he shall be with you tonight in exchange for your son’s jasmine flowers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Raĥel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son’s mandrakes.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she said to her: Is your taking my husband too little that you would also take the violets of my son? And Rachel said: Therefore, he will lie with you this night [(which was "Rachel's night")] in exchange for the violets of your son.


###### Genesis 30:16
[Genesis 30:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:16)

וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֣ב מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ בָּעֶ֒רֶב֒ וַתֵּצֵ֨א לֵאָ֜ה לִקְרָאת֗וֹ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵלַ֣י תָּב֔וֹא כִּ֚י שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him. She said, You will come to me, for I have hired you with my son’s jasmine flowers, and he was with her at night.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov came out of the field in the evening, and Le᾽a went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me; for indeed I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out towards him, and she said: To me shall you come, for I hired you with the violets of my son; and he lay with her in that night, He [i.e., The L rd, "aided," Issachar issuing from that union].


###### Genesis 30:17
[Genesis 30:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:17)

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־לֵאָ֑ה וַתַּ֛הַר וַתֵּ֥לֶד לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב בֵּ֥ן חֲמִישִֽׁי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Elohim perceived Leah’s [wish]. She conceived and bore [her] fifth son to Yaakov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And God hearkened to Le᾽a, and she conceived, and bore Ya῾aqov a fifth son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And G d hearkened unto Leah, [who aspired to multiply tribes], and she conceived and she bore a fifth son to Jacob.


###### Genesis 30:18
[Genesis 30:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:18)

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֗ה נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהִים֙ שְׂכָרִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי שִׁפְחָתִ֖י לְאִישִׁ֑י וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Leah said, Elohim has given me my reward because I gave my handmaid to my husband. She named him Yissachar.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Le᾽a said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Yissakhar.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Leah said: G d has given my reward (s'chari) for having given my handmaid to my husband, and she called his name Issachar.


###### Genesis 30:19
[Genesis 30:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:19)

וַתַּ֤הַר עוֹד֙ לֵאָ֔ה וַתֵּ֥לֶד בֵּן־שִׁשִּׁ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Leah conceived again and bore [her] sixth son to Yaakov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Le᾽a conceived again, and bore Ya῾aqov a sixth son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Leah conceived again, and she bore a sixth son to Jacob.


###### Genesis 30:20
[Genesis 30:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:20)

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֗ה זְבָדַ֨נִי אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀אֹתִי֮ זֵ֣בֶד טוֹב֒ הַפַּ֙עַם֙ יִזְבְּלֵ֣נִי אִישִׁ֔י כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ זְבֻלֽוּן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Leah said, Elohim has given a goodly portion. Now my husband will make his [main] home with me, for I have borne him six sons. She named him Zevulun.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Le᾽a said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zevulun.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Leah said: The L rd has given me a goodly portion. Now my husband will consort with me (yizbeleni), for I have borne him six sons [(over and against all of his wives)]. And she called his name Zevulun.


###### Genesis 30:21
[Genesis 30:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:21)

וְאַחַ֖ר יָ֣לְדָה בַּ֑ת וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ דִּינָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Afterwards she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Deenah.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dina.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And then she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.


###### Genesis 30:22
[Genesis 30:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:22)

וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־רָחֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח אֶת־רַחְמָֽהּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Elohim remembered Rochel and opened her womb.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And God remembered Raĥel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And G d remembered (it) unto Rachel [that she had given her "signs" to Leah and that she was distraught lest Esau take her], and G d hearkened unto her and He opened her womb.


###### Genesis 30:23
[Genesis 30:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:23)

וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר אָסַ֥ף אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־חֶרְפָּתִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
She conceived and gave birth to a son. She said, Elohim has removed my shame.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she conceived and she bore a son, and she said: G d has gathered in (asaf) my shame.


###### Genesis 30:24
[Genesis 30:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:24)

וַתִּקְרָ֧א אֶת־שְׁמ֛וֹ יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר יֹסֵ֧ף יְהֹוָ֛ה לִ֖י בֵּ֥ן אַחֵֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
She named him Yoseif, saying, May Adonoy add to me another son.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and she called his name Yosef; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she called his name Yosef, saying: May the L rd add ("yosef") unto me another son [(Rachel knowing prophetically that there would be only twelve tribes)].


###### Genesis 30:25
[Genesis 30:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:25)

וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יָלְדָ֥ה רָחֵ֖ל אֶת־יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־לָבָ֔ן שַׁלְּחֵ֙נִי֙ וְאֵ֣לְכָ֔ה אֶל־מְקוֹמִ֖י וּלְאַרְצִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When Rochel had given birth to Yoseif, Yaakov said to Lavan, Send me on my way, and I will go to my own place and to my homeland.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, when Raĥel had born Yosef, that Ya῾aqov said to Lavan, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when Rachel bore Joseph [the "adversary" of Esau (see Ovadiah 1:18)] that Jacob said to Lavan: Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.


###### Genesis 30:26
[Genesis 30:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:26)

תְּנָ֞ה אֶת־נָשַׁ֣י וְאֶת־יְלָדַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַ֧דְתִּי אֹֽתְךָ֛ בָּהֵ֖ן וְאֵלֵ֑כָה כִּ֚י אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ אֶת־עֲבֹדָתִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Give me [permission to take] my wives and my children, for whom I worked for you, and I will go; for you know my work that I did for you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowst my service which I have done thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Give me [by your leave] my wives and my children for whom I served you, and let me go. For you know the service which I have served you.


###### Genesis 30:27
[Genesis 30:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:27)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ לָבָ֔ן אִם־נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ נִחַ֕שְׁתִּי וַיְבָרְכֵ֥נִי יְהֹוָ֖ה בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lavan said to him, If I have found favor in your eyes, I have divined that Adonoy has blessed me because of you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Lavan said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, I have learned by signs that the Lord has blessed me for thy sake.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Lavan said to him: If I have found favor in your eyes, I have found through divination that the L rd has blessed me for your sake.


###### Genesis 30:28
[Genesis 30:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:28)

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נׇקְבָ֧ה שְׂכָרְךָ֛ עָלַ֖י וְאֶתֵּֽנָה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He said, Set your wage for me, and I will give it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: State your wage and I will give it.


###### Genesis 30:29
[Genesis 30:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:29)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה מִקְנְךָ֖ אִתִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Yaakov] said to him, You know how I worked for you, and how your livestock were with me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said to him, Thou knowst how I have served thee, and how thy cattle were with me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said to him: You know how I have served you and how [few] your kine were with me.


###### Genesis 30:30
[Genesis 30:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:30)

כִּ֡י מְעַט֩ אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֨ה לְךָ֤ לְפָנַי֙ וַיִּפְרֹ֣ץ לָרֹ֔ב וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהֹוָ֛ה אֹתְךָ֖ לְרַגְלִ֑י וְעַתָּ֗ה מָתַ֛י אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה גַם־אָנֹכִ֖י לְבֵיתִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For the little you had before I came here has increased and has become a multitude. Adonoy has blessed you with my coming. Now when will I also do something for my own house?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the little which thou hadst before I came is now increased to a multitude; and the Lord has blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the little that you had before has increased to a multitude, and the L rd has blessed you with my coming, and now, when will I also [in addition to my sons] do (what is needed) for my household?


###### Genesis 30:31
[Genesis 30:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:31)

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מָ֣ה אֶתֶּן־לָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ לֹא־תִתֶּן־לִ֣י מְא֔וּמָה אִם־תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּי֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה אָשׁ֛וּבָה אֶרְעֶ֥ה צֹֽאנְךָ֖ אֶשְׁמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Lavan] said, What shall I give you? Yaakov said, Do not give me anything—if you do this thing for me. I will continue to tend your flock and guard it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Ya῾aqov said, Thou shalt not give me anything: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: What shall I give you? And Jacob said: You will not give me anything. If you do this thing for me, I will return and graze and guard your flock.


###### Genesis 30:32
[Genesis 30:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:32)

אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בְּכׇל־צֹֽאנְךָ֜ הַיּ֗וֹם הָסֵ֨ר מִשָּׁ֜ם כׇּל־שֶׂ֣ה**׀** נָקֹ֣ד וְטָל֗וּא וְכׇל־שֶׂה־חוּם֙ בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים וְטָל֥וּא וְנָקֹ֖ד בָּעִזִּ֑ים וְהָיָ֖ה שְׂכָרִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will go through all your flocks this day. I will remove from them every lamb that is speckled, or spotted, and every dark one among the sheep, and every goat that is spotted and speckled. That [kind] will be my wage.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown ones among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every sheep speckled and spotted, and every sheep, brownish among the flock, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, [these to be given to your sons], and that [i.e., those of the above kind born from now on] shall be my wage.


###### Genesis 30:33
[Genesis 30:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:33)

וְעָֽנְתָה־בִּ֤י צִדְקָתִי֙ בְּי֣וֹם מָחָ֔ר כִּֽי־תָב֥וֹא עַל־שְׂכָרִ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶ֩נּוּ֩ נָקֹ֨ד וְטָל֜וּא בָּֽעִזִּ֗ים וְחוּם֙ בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים גָּנ֥וּב ה֖וּא אִתִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
My righteousness shall testify for me in the future when it comes before you regarding my wage. Any goat which is not speckled or spotted, and any sheep that is [not] dark, is stolen [if it is] in my possession.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when thou shalt come to see my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow. For it [my righteousness] will come [and testify] to my wage before you, [i.e.,] anything [which you find in my flock] that is not speckled and spotted among the goats or brownish among the sheep is stolen with me.


###### Genesis 30:34
[Genesis 30:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:34)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לָבָ֖ן הֵ֑ן ל֖וּ יְהִ֥י כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lavan said, Agreed, may it be as you say.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Lavan said, Behold, would it might be according to thy word.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Lavan said: Agreed! Would that you wished it so!


###### Genesis 30:35
[Genesis 30:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:35)

וַיָּ֣סַר בַּיּוֹם֩ הַה֨וּא אֶת־הַתְּיָשִׁ֜ים הָֽעֲקֻדִּ֣ים וְהַטְּלֻאִ֗ים וְאֵ֤ת כׇּל־הָֽעִזִּים֙ הַנְּקֻדּ֣וֹת וְהַטְּלֻאֹ֔ת כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־לָבָן֙ בּ֔וֹ וְכׇל־ח֖וּם בַּכְּשָׂבִ֑ים וַיִּתֵּ֖ן בְּיַד־בָּנָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
That day he [Lavan] removed the he-goats that were ringed and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, everyone that had white in it, and all the dark ones among the sheep; and he gave them to his sons.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he removed that day the he goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he [Lavan] removed on that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted — everything that had white in it — and everything that was brownish among the sheep, and he [Lavan] gave them into the hands of his sons.


###### Genesis 30:36
[Genesis 30:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:36)

וַיָּ֗שֶׂם דֶּ֚רֶךְ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים בֵּינ֖וֹ וּבֵ֣ין יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב רֹעֶ֛ה אֶת־צֹ֥אן לָבָ֖ן הַנּוֹתָרֹֽת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He placed a three days journey between himself and Yaakov. Yaakov tended Lavan’s remaining flocks.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he set three days’ journey between himself and Ya῾aqov: and Ya῾aqov tended the rest of Lavan’s flocks.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he put three days distance between himself and Jacob, and Jacob grazed the flock of Lavan that were left [i.e., the sickly and barren ones].


###### Genesis 30:37
[Genesis 30:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:37)

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ יַעֲקֹ֗ב מַקַּ֥ל לִבְנֶ֛ה לַ֖ח וְל֣וּז וְעַרְמ֑וֹן וַיְפַצֵּ֤ל בָּהֵן֙ פְּצָל֣וֹת לְבָנ֔וֹת מַחְשֹׂף֙ הַלָּבָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַמַּקְלֽוֹת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov took rods of poplar that were fresh, hazel and chestnut [trees], and peeled white stripes in them by uncovering the white which is in the rods.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov took him rods of green poplar, and of the almond and plane tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob took a moist stick of white poplar and [a stick of] almond and of chestnut, and he peeled them into white streaks, baring the white on the sticks.


###### Genesis 30:38
[Genesis 30:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:38)

וַיַּצֵּ֗ג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל בָּרְהָטִ֖ים בְּשִֽׁקְת֣וֹת הַמָּ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨אןָ הַצֹּ֤אן לִשְׁתּוֹת֙ לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He stuck the rods that he had peeled into the ducts of the watering troughs where the flock [ewes] came to drink, facing the flock [rams]; that they should become heated when they came to drink.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he set the sticks which he had peeled in the gutters of the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, opposite the flocks, and they became heated when they came to drink [i.e., the female recoiled at the sight of the sticks and the male mated with her, and she bore in their likeness].


###### Genesis 30:39
[Genesis 30:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:39)

וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּטְלֻאִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The flock became heated [and mated] before the rods, and the flock gave birth to ringed, speckled and spotted [offspring].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle streaked, speckled, and spotted.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the flocks became heated at the [sight of the] sticks [(as above)], and the flocks bore ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.


###### Genesis 30:40
[Genesis 30:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:40)

וְהַכְּשָׂבִים֮ הִפְרִ֣יד יַעֲקֹב֒ וַ֠יִּתֵּ֠ן פְּנֵ֨י הַצֹּ֧אן אֶל־עָקֹ֛ד וְכׇל־ח֖וּם בְּצֹ֣אן לָבָ֑ן וַיָּֽשֶׁת־ל֤וֹ עֲדָרִים֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א שָׁתָ֖ם עַל־צֹ֥אן לָבָֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov separated the lambs. He set the faces of the flock toward the ringed ones and all the dark ones; [he did so] with Lavan’s flocks. He formed separate flocks of his own, and did not set them with Lavan’s flocks.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of Lavan; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Lavan’s cattle.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob separated the sheep [that were born ringstraked and spotted], and he set the face of the flock [that followed them] to the ringstraked and to all of the brownish [that he had found] in the flock of Lavan, having put them in flocks by themselves. And he did not place them with the flock of Lavan.


###### Genesis 30:41
[Genesis 30:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:41)

וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכׇל־יַחֵם֮ הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְשָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת לְעֵינֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרְהָטִ֑ים לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When the early-bearing flock were heated [to mate], Yaakov placed the rods before the flock’s eyes at the ducts, so they would be in heat among the rods.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, whenever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Ya῾aqov laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, whenever the early (aroused) sheep became heated, that Jacob set the sticks before the eyes of the sheep in the gutters to become heated at [the sight of] the sticks. [see 38]


###### Genesis 30:42
[Genesis 30:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:42)

וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף הַצֹּ֖אן לֹ֣א יָשִׂ֑ים וְהָיָ֤ה הָעֲטֻפִים֙ לְלָבָ֔ן וְהַקְּשֻׁרִ֖ים לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
But when the flock were late-bearing, he did not place [the rods before them]. Thus the late-bearing ones were Lavan’s, and the early-bearing ones became the possession of Yaakov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But when the cattle were feeble, he did not put them in: so the feebler were Lavan’s, and the stronger Ya῾aqov’s.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when the sheep were late (to become heated), he did not set (them) — and the (offspring of the) late ones were Lavan's, and the early ones, Jacob's.


###### Genesis 30:43
[Genesis 30:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/30:43)

וַיִּפְרֹ֥ץ הָאִ֖ישׁ מְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ֙ צֹ֣אן רַבּ֔וֹת וּשְׁפָחוֹת֙ וַעֲבָדִ֔ים וּגְמַלִּ֖ים וַחֲמֹרִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The man became tremendously prosperous. He had multipying flocks, female slaves and male slaves, camels and donkeys.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the man (Jacob) grew exceedingly strong, and he had flocks [more] fruitful [than the norm], and [(by selling them at a high price)] maidservants, manservants, camels, and asses.