Genesis 30 KJV
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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. Bilhah
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. Birth of Dan Rachel God Dan
And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. Birth of Naphtali Jacob Rachel Bilhah
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Birth of Naphtali Rachel Naphtali
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. Birth of Gad Jacob Leah Zilpah
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. Birth of Gad Leah Gad
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. Birth of Asher Jacob Leah Zilpah
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. Birth of Asher Leah Asher
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. Rachel
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. Birth of Issachar Jacob God Leah
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. Birth of Issachar God Leah Issachar
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. Birth of Zebulon Jacob Leah
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. Birth of Zebulon God Leah Zebulun
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. Birth of Dinah Dinah
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: Birth of Joseph Lifetime of Joseph God
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. Birth of Joseph Lifetime of Joseph God Joseph
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.
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [it].
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
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? God
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: Jacob
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.
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.
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. Laban
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked 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.
¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods. Jacob
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.
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
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. Jacob
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.