1 But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children.”
3 She said, “Here is my slave Bilhah; sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. In this way I can become a mother through her.” 4 So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her. 5 Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, “God has judged in my favor. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son”; so she named him Dan. 7 Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Rachel said, “I have fought a hard fight with my sister, but I have won”; so she named him Naphtali.
9 When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife. 10 Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 Leah said, “I have been lucky”; so she named him Gad. 12 Zilpah bore Jacob another son, 13 and Leah said, “How happy I am! Now women will call me happy”; so she named him Asher.
14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.”
15 Leah answered, “Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you are even trying to take away my son's mandrakes.”
Rachel said, “If you will give me your son's mandrakes, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”
16 When Jacob came in from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You are going to sleep with me tonight, because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes.” So he had intercourse with her that night.
17 God answered Leah's prayer, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband”; so she named her son Issachar. 19 Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 She said, “God has given me a fine gift. Now my husband will accept me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she named him Zebulun. 21 Later she bore a daughter, whom she named Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has taken away my disgrace by giving me a son. 24 May the Lord give me another son”; so she named him Joseph.
Jacob's Bargain with Laban
25 After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me go, so that I can return home. 26 Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you.”
27 Laban said to him, “Let me say this: I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you. 28 Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 Jacob answered, “You know how I have worked for you and how your flocks have prospered under my care. 30 The little you had before I came has grown enormously, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I went. Now it is time for me to look out for my own interests.”
31 “What shall I pay you?” Laban asked.
Jacob answered, “I don't want any wages. I will continue to take care of your flocks if you agree to this suggestion: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and take every black lamb and every spotted or speckled young goat. That is all the wages I want. 33 In the future you can easily find out if I have been honest. When you come to check up on my wages, if I have any goat that isn't speckled or spotted or any sheep that isn't black, you will know that it has been stolen.”
34 Laban answered, “Agreed. We will do as you suggest.” 35 But that day Laban removed the male goats that had stripes or spots and all the females that were speckled and spotted or which had white on them; he also removed all the black sheep. He put his sons in charge of them, 36 and then went away from Jacob with this flock as far as he could travel in three days. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 Jacob got green branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them. 38 He placed these branches in front of the flocks at their drinking troughs. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink. 39 So when the goats bred in front of the branches, they produced young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
40 Jacob kept the sheep separate from the goats and made them face in the direction of the streaked and black animals of Laban's flock. In this way he built up his own flock and kept it apart from Laban's.
41 When the healthy animals were mating, Jacob put the branches in front of them at the drinking troughs, so that they would breed among the branches. 42 But he did not put the branches in front of the weak animals. Soon Laban had all the weak animals, and Jacob all the healthy ones. 43 In this way Jacob became very wealthy. He had many flocks, slaves, camels, and donkeys.
1 Kabiriŋ Raheli ye a je ko, a maŋ diŋ soto Yaakuba la, a ye kiiliyaa tiliŋ a kotoomaa la. Bituŋ a ko Yaakuba ye ko, “Diŋo dii m fanaa la, waraŋ ŋa faa.” 2 Yaakuba kamfaabaata a kamma, a ko a ye ko, “Fo nte le mu Alla ti baŋ, meŋ ye jiidibaliyaa saabu i ma?” 3 Bituŋ Raheli ko a ye ko, “N na joŋ sunkutoo Biliha fele, i niŋ a ye kafu, fo a si diŋo wuluu n ye. M fanaa ye naa ke baa ti ka bo niŋ ate la.”
4 Wo le to a naata a la joŋ sunkutoo Biliha dii Yaakuba la ka ke a la musoo ti. Bituŋ Yaakuba niŋ a kafuta. 5 Biliha naata konoo taa, a ye dinkewo wuluu Yaakuba la. 6 Bituŋ Raheli kumata ko, “Alla ye n koyindi le, aduŋ a ye n na duwaa muta le, ka dinkewo dii n na.” Wo le ye a tinna a ye a toolaa Dani la. 7 Raheli la joŋ sunkutoo naata konoo taa kotenke, a ye dinkee fulanjaŋo wuluu Yaakuba la. 8 Bituŋ Raheli naata a fo ko, “N niŋ n kotoomaa ye kele baa le ke, bari nte le ye n kutu a la.” Bituŋ a naata dindiŋo ñiŋ toolaa Nafutali la.
9 Kabiriŋ Leya ye a je ko, a konoo loota le, a ye a la joŋ sunkutoo Silipa taa, a ye a dii Yaakuba la ka ke a la musoo ti. 10 Bituŋ Leya la ñiŋ joŋ sunkutoo Silipa naata dinkewo wuluu Yaakuba la. 11 Leya kumata ko, “Mantaa benta.” Bituŋ a ye a toolaa Kadu la. 12 Leya la joŋ sunkutoo Silipa ye dinkee fulanjaŋo wuluu Yaakuba la. 13 Bituŋ Leya kumata ko, “Kontaanoo meŋ be n daala. Musoolu be n kumandi la kontaanoo le la.” Bituŋ a naata a toolaa Aseri la.
14 Wiiti* sanjaanoo waatoo la, Rubeni taata wuloo kono, a ye mandarake diŋolu je. Bituŋ a ye ì samba naŋ a baamaa Leya ye. Bituŋ Raheli naata a fo Leya ye ko, “N so i diŋo la mandarake doo la.” 15 Bari Leya ko a ye le ko, “Fo a maŋ kaañaŋ, i ye n keemaa taa m bulu, saayiŋ i be a kata kaŋ ne ka n dinkewo fanaa la ñiŋ mandarake diŋolu taa a bulu?” Raheli ko a ye ko, “Niŋ i ye i dinkewo la ñiŋ mandarake diŋolu dii n na, n si i bula i niŋ Yaakuba ye kafu suutoo.” 16 Kabiriŋ Yaakuba naata ka bo kunkoo to wulaaroo, Leya taata a benduŋ. A ko a ye ko, “I niŋ m be kafu la le, kaatu ŋa bii siŋo saŋ n dinkewo la mandarake diŋolu le la.” Bituŋ wo suutoo Yaakuba niŋ a kafuta. 17 Alla ye Leya la duwaa jaabi, a naata harijee, a ye dinkee luulunjaŋo wuluu Yaakuba la. 18 Leya kumata ko, “Alla ye n joo le, kaatu ŋa n na joŋ sunkutoo le dii n keemaa la.” Bituŋ a naata a toolaa Isakari la.
19 Bituŋ Leya naata harijee kotenke, a ye dinkee wooronjaŋo wuluu Yaakuba la. 20 Leya kumata ko, “Alla ye m buuñaa soorifeŋ bete baa le la. Saayiŋ, n keemaa be n na kuwo muta la le, kaatu ŋa dinkee wooro le wuluu a la.” Bituŋ a ye a toolaa Sebuluni la. 21 Wo koolaa, a naata dimmusoo wuluu, a ye a toolaa Dina la.
22 Alla hakiloo bulata Raheli la, a ye a la duwaa jaabi, a ye a konoo yele. 23 A harijeeta, a ye dinkewo wuluu. A kumata ko, “Alla ye n na maloo sika n kaŋ ne.” 24 Bituŋ a ye a toolaa Yusufa la. A kumata ko, “Allamaa Alla ye n lafaa dinkee koteŋ na.”
Yaakuba ye fankoo soto
25 Kabiriŋ Raheli ye Yusufa wuluu, Yaakuba naata a fo Labani ye ko, “M batu ŋa taa m fansuŋ bankoo kaŋ. 26 N na musoolu dii n na, aniŋ n diŋolu, ŋa dookuwo ke i ye mennu la kuwo kamma. I ye m bula ŋa taa. I ye a loŋ ne famfaŋ, ŋa dookuwo meŋ ke i ye.”
27 Bari Labani ko a ye le ko, “M be i la yamfoo daani la ka ñiŋ kumoo fo i ye ko, ŋa a loŋ bitaaroo kono le ko, Yaawe* neemata m ma i la kuwo le kamma. 28 I la joo fo, m be a dii la i la le.”
29 Yaakuba ko a ye ko, “Ite faŋo ye a loŋ ne nte ye dookuwo meŋ ke i ye, aniŋ i la beeyaŋolu yiriwaata m bulu ñaameŋ. 30 Janniŋ n ka naa i yaa, i la beeyaŋolu maŋ siyaa. A fele, saayiŋ i la beeyaŋolu lafaata le kendeke. N tilinta daa-wo-daa la, Yaawe neemata i ma a bee le to. Saayiŋ m fanaa la waatoo le siita ka m fansuŋ nafaa ñiniŋ n na dimbaayaa ye.”
31 Labani ko a ye ko, “N ñanta i joo la muŋ ne la?” Yaakuba ko a ye ko, “Kana n joo feŋ na. Ñiŋ kuu kiliŋo doroŋ, niŋ i be wo le ke la n ye, wo to, m be tenteŋ na le ka i la beeyaŋolu kanta, aniŋ ka ì topatoo. 32 I ye m bula ŋa taama i la beeyaŋ koorewo kono bii, ka saajii-wo-saajii bondi jee, meŋ ye waaree-waarewo soto a bala waraŋ tompiŋ-tompiŋ fiŋo, saajiiriŋ fiŋolu bee, aniŋ baalu bee mennu ye tompiŋ-tompiŋ koyoo soto, waraŋ waaree-waarendiŋolu. Wolu le ñanta ke la n na joo ti. 33 Siniŋ saama i be n na tiliŋo loŋ na ñiŋ ne la, niŋ i naata n na joo yirika, i maŋ baalu doroŋ tara jee, mennu ye tompiŋ-tompiŋ koyoo soto, waraŋ waaree-waarendiŋo, aniŋ i maŋ saajiiriŋ fiŋolu doroŋ tara jee, i si a loŋ ko, wo toolu bee mu suuñaataa le ti.”
34 Labani ko a ye ko, “A beteyaata. A ke, ko i ye a fo ñaameŋ.” 35 Bari wo luŋo la Labani naata baamusoolu niŋ baakotoŋolu bee bondi le, mennu ye koyoo soto, aniŋ saajiyolu, mennu bee ye fiŋo soto, a ye ì duŋ a dinkewolu bulu ka ì mara. 36 Bituŋ a ye tili saba taamoo kenoo duŋ a la ñiŋ beeyaŋolu niŋ Yaakuba teema. Yaakuba tententa ka Labani la beeyaŋ toomaalu kanta.
37 Bituŋ Yaakuba naata yiribulu kitiŋ siifaa saba taa, a ye ì santofatoo kara doolu woto, ka tu koyiriŋ. 38 Bituŋ a naata ñiŋ yiribulu wotoriŋolu taa, a ye ì loo beeyaŋolu ñaato beeyaŋ mindulaa. Beeyaŋolu ka ñoo kosi ñiŋ dulaa le to, niŋ ì naata miŋo la. 39-40 Bituŋ beeyaŋolu naata ñoo kosi ñiŋ yiribulu wotoriŋolu ñaatiliŋo la. Yaakuba ye ñiŋ beeyaŋolu fanaa ñaa tilindi Labani la beeyaŋolu la, mennu ye waaree-waarendiŋo soto, waraŋ fimmaa. Bituŋ a naata ke, ì ye diŋolu wuluu, mennu ye waaree-waarendiŋo soto, aniŋ tompiŋ-tompiŋo. 41 Yaakuba ka i batu le fo niŋ beeyaŋ sahariŋolu be naa ñoo kosi kaŋ, a ye yiribuloolu londi beeyaŋ mindulaa to, beeyaŋolu ñaatiliŋo la, fo ì la kosiroo waatoo, ì si tara sutiyaariŋ ñiŋ yiribuloolu la. 42 Bari beeyaŋolu mennu maŋ bambaŋ, a buka ì londi wolu ñaatiliŋo la, niŋ ì be ñoo kosi kaŋ. Bituŋ a naata ke, diŋolu mennu maŋ bambaŋ, wolu taata Labani la karoo la, bituŋ bambandiŋolu, wolu taata ate, Yaakuba la karoo la.
43 Bituŋ Yaakuba naata ke fankamaa baa ti. A ye beeyaŋ kooree baalu soto, jommusoolu niŋ jonkewolu, aniŋ ñonkomoolu niŋ faloolu.
