Genesis 30

Verse 1

WEB When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

KJV And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

TSK when Rachel: ge 29:31; Rachel envied: ge 37:11, 1sa 1:4-8, ps 106:16, pr 14:30, ec 4:4, 1co 3:3, ga 5:21, tit 3:3, jas 3:14, jas 4:5; or else I die: ge 35:16-19, ge 37:11, nu 11:15,29, 1ki 19:4, job 3:1-3,11,20-22, job 5:2, job 13:19, jer 20:14-18, joh 4:3,8, 2co 7:10

Verse 2

WEB Jacob’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?”

KJV And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

TSK anger: ge 31:36, ex 32:19, mt 5:22, mr 3:5, eph 4:26; Am I: ge 16:2, ge 25:21, ge 50:19, 1sa 1:5, 1sa 2:5,6, 2ki 5:7; withheld: de 7:13,14, ps 113:9, ps 127:3, lu 1:42

Verse 3

WEB She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”

KJV And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

TSK Behold: ge 30:9, ge 16:2,3; she shall: ge 50:23, job 3:12; have children by her: ge 16:2, ru 4:11

Verse 4

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

KJV And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

TSK to wife: ge 16:3, ge 21:10, ge 22:24, ge 25:1,6, ge 33:2, ge 35:22, 2sa 12:11

Verse 5

WEB Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

KJV And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 6

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

KJV And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

TSK A. M. 2256. B.C. 1748. God: ge 29:32-35, ps 35:24, ps 43:1, la 3:59; Dan: ge 35:25, ge 46:23, ge 49:16,17, de 33:22, jer 13:2,24, jer 15:14-20

Verse 7

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

KJV And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 8

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

KJV And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

TSK great wrestlings: ge 23:6, ge 32:24, ex 9:28, 1sa 14:15; and she: ge 35:25, ge 46:24, ge 49:21, de 33:23; Naphtali: ge 32:24,25, mt 4:13

Verse 9

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

KJV When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

TSK A. M. 2256. B.C. 1748. left: ge 30:17, ge 29:35; gave her: ge 30:4, ge 16:3

Verse 10

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

KJV And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 11

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

KJV And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

TSK she: ge 35:26, ge 46:16, ge 49:19, de 33:20,21; Gad: isa 65:11

Verse 12

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

KJV And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 13

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

KJV And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

TSK will call: pr 31:28, so 6:9, lu 1:48; and she: ge 35:26, ge 46:17, ge 49:20, de 33:24,25

Verse 14

WEB Reuben 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.”

KJV And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

TSK Give me: ge 25:30

Verse 15

WEB She 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.”

KJV And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

TSK And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.: nu 16:9,10,13, isa 7:13, eze 16:47, 1co 4:3

Verse 16

WEB Jacob 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.

KJV And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 17

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

KJV And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

TSK And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.: ge 30:6,22, ex 3:7, 1sa 1:20,26,27, lu 1:13

Verse 18

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

KJV And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

TSK and she: ge 35:23, ge 46:13, ge 49:14,15, de 33:18, 1ch 12:32

Verse 19

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

KJV And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 20

WEB Leah 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.

KJV And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

TSK A. M. cir. 2258. B.C. cir. 1746. now will: ge 30:15, ge 29:34; and she: ge 35:23, ge 46:14, ge 49:13, jud 4:10, jud 5:14, ps 68:27; Zebulun: mt 4:13

Verse 21

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

KJV And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

TSK A. M. cir. 2259. B.C. 1745. and called: ge 34:1-3,26, ge 46:15

Verse 22

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

KJV And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

TSK remembered: ge 8:1, ge 21:1, ge 29:31, 1sa 1:19,20, ps 105:42; opened: ge 30:2, ge 21:1,2, ge 25:21, ge 29:31, ps 113:9, ps 127:3

Verse 23

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

KJV And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

TSK And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:: ge 29:31, 1sa 1:5,6, isa 4:1, lu 1:21,25,27

Verse 24

WEB She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”

KJV And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

TSK And she: ge 35:24, ge 37:2,4, ge 39:1-23, ge 42:6, ge 48:1-22, ge 49:22-26, de 33:13-17, eze 37:16, ac 7:9-15, heb 11:21,22, re 7:8; Joseph: ge 35:17,18

Verse 25

WEB It 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.

KJV And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

TSK Send me away: ge 24:54,56; mine: ge 18:33, ge 31:55; and to: ge 24:6,7, ge 26:3, ge 27:44,45, ge 28:13,15, ge 31:13, ac 7:4,5, heb 11:9,15,16

Verse 26

WEB Give 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.”

KJV Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

TSK my wives: ge 29:19,20,30, ge 31:26,31,41, ho 12:12; for thou: ge 30:29,30, ge 31:6,38-40

Verse 27

WEB Laban 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.”

KJV And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

TSK favour: ge 18:3, ge 33:15, ge 34:11, ge 39:3-5,21, ge 47:25, ex 3:21, nu 11:11,15, ru 2:13, 1sa 16:22, 1ki 11:19, ne 1:11, ne 2:5, da 1:9, ac 7:10; the Lord: ge 30:30, ge 12:3, ge 26:24, ge 39:2-5,21-23, ps 1:3, isa 6:13, isa 61:9, isa 65:8

Verse 28

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

KJV And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

TSK And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.: ge 29:15,19

Verse 29

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

KJV And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

TSK And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.: ge 30:5, ge 31:6,38-40, mt 24:45, eph 6:5-8, col 3:22-25, tit 2:9,10, 1pe 2:15,18

Verse 30

WEB For 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?”

KJV For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

TSK since my coming: de 11:10; when: 2co 12:14, 1ti 5:8

Verse 31

WEB He 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.

KJV And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

TSK And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:: 2sa 21:4-6, ps 118:8, heb 13:5

Verse 32

WEB I 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.

KJV I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

TSK of such: ge 30:35, ge 31:8,10

Verse 33

WEB So 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.”

KJV So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for 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.

TSK righteousness: ge 31:37, 1sa 26:23, 2sa 22:21, ps 37:6; answer: isa 59:12; in time to come: ex 13:14

Verse 34

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

KJV And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

TSK And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.: nu 22:29, 1co 7:7, 1co 14:5, ga 5:12

Verse 35

WEB That 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.

KJV And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked 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 among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

TSK the hand: ge 31:9

Verse 36

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

KJV And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 37

WEB Jacob 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.

KJV And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

TSK Jacob: ge 31:9-13; chestnut tree: eze 31:8

Verse 38

WEB He 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.

KJV And he set the rods which he had pilled 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.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 39

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

KJV And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

TSK brought forth: ge 31:9-12,38,40,42, ex 12:35,36

Verse 40

WEB Jacob 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.

KJV And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 41

WEB It 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;

KJV And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 42

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

KJV But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 43

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

KJV And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

TSK And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.: ge 30:30, ge 13:2, ge 24:35, ge 26:13,14, ge 28:15, ge 31:7,8,42, ge 32:10, ge 33:11, ge 36:7, ec 2:7, eze 39:10