Verse 12
Genesis 30:12
English Revised Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּה֙ שִׁפְחַ֣ת לֵאָ֔ה בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְ/יַעֲקֹֽב
English Translation
And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore a second son to Jacob.
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Chapter 30 Context
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And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jac...
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And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God (Elohim)’s stead, who hath wi...
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And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may...
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And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
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And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
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And Rachel said, God (Elohim) hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son:...
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And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
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And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she...
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When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife...
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And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
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And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
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And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unt...
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And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou...
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And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must com...
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And God (Elohim) hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
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And Leah said, God (Elohim) hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she...
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And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.
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And Leah said, God (Elohim) hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, be...
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And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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And God (Elohim) remembered Rachel, and God (Elohim) hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
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And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God (Elohim) hath taken away my reproach:
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and she called his name Joseph, saying, The LORD add to me another son.
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And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I...
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Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my ser...
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And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that th...
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And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
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And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle hath fared with me.
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For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and the LO...
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And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do t...
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I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and ev...
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So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is b...
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And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
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And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that w...
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and he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree; and peeled white s...
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And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering troug...
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And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and sp...
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And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked and all the bl...
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And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods bef...
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but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Ja...
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And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camel...
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