Verse 23
Genesis 30:23
Free Bible Version
23
You hardly had anything before I arrived, but now you have so much! The Lord has blessed you through what I've done. When am I going to be able to provide for my own family?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תַּ֖הַר וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר אָסַ֥ף אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת חֶרְפָּתִֽ/י
English Translation
And she conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
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Chapter 30 Context
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When Rachel realized she was unable to give Jacob any children she was jealous of her sister. She co...
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Jacob became angry with Rachel and told her, “Am I God (Elohim)? Do you think I'm the one stopping y...
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“Here's my personal maid Bilhah,” Rachel replied. “Sleep with her and she can have children for me s...
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Rachel said, “God (Elohim) has judged in my favor! He listened to me and gave me a son.” So she name...
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Rachel said, “I've had a hard struggle with my sister, but I've won.” So she named him Naphtali.
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Leah realized she wasn't having any more children, so she gave her personal maid Zilpah to Jacob as...
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Leah said, “I'm really fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
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Leah said, “I'm so happy, and the other women will say I'm happy too!” So she named him Asher.
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9
At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben found some mandrake plants when he was out in the fields. He...
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“Aren't you satisfied with stealing my husband?” Leah replied. “Are you going to take my son's mandr...
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When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You have to sleep with...
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12
God (Elohim) heard Leah's request, and she became pregnant and had a fifth son for Jacob.
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13
Leah said, “The Lord has rewarded me for giving my personal maid to my husband.” So she named him Is...
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Leah said, “God (Elohim) has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I've given h...
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Then God (Elohim) paid attention to Rachel and listened to her appeals, and helped her to have child...
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She became pregnant and had a son. “God (Elohim) has removed my disgrace,” she said.
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She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me an additional son.”
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18
Once Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me leave so I can return to my home...
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19
Give me my wives and children because I worked for you to have them. Let me go now because you know...
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20
“Please be so kind as to stay,” Laban replied, “because I have discovered that the Lord has blessed...
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21
Then Laban continued, “Tell me how much to pay you and I'll give it to you.”
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22
“You certainly know how much work I've done for you, and how well your flocks have done under my car...
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23
You hardly had anything before I arrived, but now you have so much! The Lord has blessed you through...
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“Well, what do you propose I give you?” Laban asked again. “You don't have to give me anything,” Jac...
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25
Let me go through your flocks today and take all the sheep that are speckled or spotted, and all the...
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In the future you'll be able to prove that I've been honest. When you check my flock, any goats that...
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“Very good,” Laban agreed. “We'll do as you say.”
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However, the same day Laban went and removed all the striped and spotted male goats, all the speckle...
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a three day journey between them and Jacob, while Jacob was looking after the rest of Laban's flocks...
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Then Jacob cut some sticks from poplar, almond, and plane trees that had white wood under the bark....
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31
The flocks mated in front of the sticks and gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and sp...
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32
Jacob separated all these ones out. Then he made his flock face towards those in Laban's flock that...
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When the strong females were ready to breed, Jacob put the sticks in the troughs where the flocks co...
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He didn't do this for the weaker females. The weaker ones went to Laban, and the strong ones went to...
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In this way Jacob became an extremely rich man with large flocks, and many male and female slaves, c...
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