Genesi 30 | Nuova Riveduta 2006

Nuova Riveduta 2006

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1 Rachele, vedendo che non partoriva figli a Giacobbe, invidiò sua sorella, e disse a Giacobbe: «Dammi dei figli, altrimenti muoio». 2 Giacobbe s’irritò contro Rachele, e disse: «Sono forse io al posto di Dio che ti ha negato di essere feconda?» 3 Lei rispose: «Ecco la mia serva Bila; entra da lei; ella partorirà sulle mie ginocchia e, per mezzo di lei, avrò anch’io dei figli». 4 Ella gli diede la sua serva Bila per moglie, e Giacobbe si unì a lei. 5 Bila concepì e partorì un figlio a Giacobbe. 6 Rachele disse: «Dio mi ha reso giustizia, ha anche ascoltato la mia voce e mi ha dato un figlio». Perciò lo chiamò Dan^[1]. 7 Bila, serva di Rachele, concepì ancora e partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figlio. 8 Rachele disse: «Ho sostenuto contro mia sorella lotte straordinarie e ho vinto». Perciò lo chiamò Neftali^[2]. 9 Lea, vedendo che aveva cessato d’aver figli, prese la sua serva Zilpa e la diede a Giacobbe per moglie. 10 Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì un figlio a Giacobbe. 11 E Lea disse: «Che fortuna!» E lo chiamò Gad^[3]. 12 Poi Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figlio. 13 Lea disse: «Sono felice! perché le fanciulle mi chiameranno beata». Perciò lo chiamò Ascer^[4]. 14 Ruben uscì al tempo della mietitura del grano e trovò nei campi delle mandragole^[5], che portò a Lea sua madre. Allora Rachele disse a Lea: «Ti prego, dammi delle mandragole di tuo figlio!» 15 Ma Lea rispose: «Ti pare poco avermi tolto il marito, che mi vuoi togliere anche le mandragole di mio figlio?» E Rachele disse: «Ebbene, si corichi pure con te questa notte, in compenso delle mandragole di tuo figlio». 16 Come Giacobbe, sul far della sera, se ne tornava nei campi, Lea uscì a incontrarlo, e gli disse: «Vieni da me, perché ti ho preso per me con le mandragole di mio figlio». Ed egli si coricò con lei quella notte. 17 Dio esaudì Lea, la quale concepì e partorì a Giacobbe un quinto figlio. 18 E lei disse: «Dio mi ha ricompensata, perché ho dato la mia serva a mio marito». E lo chiamò Issacar^[6]. 19 Lea concepì ancora e partorì a Giacobbe un sesto figlio. 20 E Lea disse: «Dio mi ha fatto un bel regalo; questa volta mio marito abiterà con me, perché gli ho partorito sei figli». E lo chiamò Zabulon^[7]. 21 Poi partorì una figlia e la chiamò Dina^[8]. 22 Dio si ricordò anche di Rachele; Dio la esaudì e la rese feconda. 23 Ella concepì e partorì un figlio, e disse: «Dio ha tolto la mia vergogna». 24 E lo chiamò Giuseppe^[9], dicendo: «Il Signore mi aggiunga un altro figlio».

Giacobbe diviene ricco

25 Dopo che Rachele ebbe partorito Giuseppe, Giacobbe disse a Labano: «Lasciami partire, perché io vada a casa mia, nel mio paese. 26 Dammi le mie mogli per le quali ti ho servito, i miei figli, e lasciami andare, poiché tu conosci il servizio che ti ho prestato». 27 Labano gli disse: «Se ho trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, rimani; giacché credo di indovinare che il Signore mi ha benedetto per amor tuo». 28 Poi disse: «Fissami il tuo salario e te lo darò». 29 Giacobbe gli rispose: «Tu sai in che modo ti ho servito e quello che è diventato il tuo bestiame nelle mie mani. 30 Infatti quello che avevi prima della mia venuta era poco, ma ora si è molto accresciuto. Il Signore ti ha benedetto dovunque io ho messo il piede. Ora, quando lavorerò anch’io per la mia casa?» 31 Labano gli disse: «Che cosa ti devo dare?» Giacobbe rispose: «Non darmi nulla; se acconsenti a quello che sto per dirti, io pascolerò di nuovo le tue greggi e ne avrò cura. 32 Passerò quest’oggi in mezzo a tutte le tue greggi, mettendo da parte ogni agnello nero tra le pecore, ogni agnello macchiato e vaiolato; e tra le capre, le vaiolate e le macchiate. Quello sarà il mio salario. 33 Così da ora innanzi la mia giustizia parlerà per me in tua presenza quando verrai ad accertare il mio salario: tutto ciò che non sarà macchiato o vaiolato fra le capre e nero tra gli agnelli sarà rubato, se si troverà presso di me». 34 Labano disse: «Ebbene, sia come tu dici!» 35 Quello stesso giorno mise da parte i becchi striati e vaiolati e tutte le capre macchiate o vaiolate, tutto quello che aveva del bianco e tutto quello che era nero fra gli agnelli, e li affidò ai suoi figli. 36 Labano frappose la distanza di tre giornate di cammino tra sé e Giacobbe; Giacobbe pascolava il rimanente delle greggi di Labano. 37 Giacobbe prese dei rami verdi di pioppo, di mandorlo e di platano e vi fece delle scortecciature bianche, mettendo allo scoperto il bianco dei rami. 38 Poi collocò i rami, che aveva scortecciati, nei rigagnoli, negli abbeveratoi dove le pecore venivano a bere, proprio davanti alle pecore, ed esse entravano in calore quando venivano a bere. 39 Le pecore dunque entravano in calore presso quei rami e figliavano agnelli striati, macchiati e vaiolati. 40 Poi Giacobbe metteva da parte questi agnelli e faceva volgere gli occhi delle pecore verso tutto quello che era striato e tutto quello che era nero nel gregge di Labano. Egli si formò così delle greggi a parte, che non unì alle greggi di Labano. 41 Tutte le volte che le pecore vigorose del gregge entravano in calore, Giacobbe metteva i rami nei rigagnoli, sotto gli occhi delle pecore, perché le pecore entrassero in calore vicino a quei rami; 42 ma quando le pecore erano deboli, non ve le metteva; così gli agnelli deboli erano di Labano e i vigorosi di Giacobbe. 43 Quest’uomo diventò ricchissimo, ed ebbe greggi numerose, serve, servi, cammelli e asini.

English Standard Version

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1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” (Gen 29,31) 2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” (Gen 16,2; 1Sam 1,5) 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf,^[1] that even I may have children^[2] through her.” (Gen 29,29; Gen 50,23) 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.^[3] (Gen 49,16) 7 Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings^[4] I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.^[5] (Mat 4,13) 9 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. (Gen 29,24; Gen 30,4) 10 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” so she called his name Gad.^[6] (Gen 49,19) 12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.^[7] (Lu 1,48) 14 In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went 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.” (Cc 7,13) 15 But 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, “Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.” 16 When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night. 17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.^[8] 19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.^[9] (Mat 4,13) 21 Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah. 22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. (Gen 8,1; Gen 29,31; Sal 127,3) 23 She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” (1Sam 1,6; Is 4,1; Lu 1,25) 24 And she called his name Joseph,^[10] saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!” (Gen 35,17)

Jacob’s Prosperity

25 As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you.” (Gen 29,20; Gen 29,30) 27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that^[11] the Lord has blessed me because of you. 28 Name your wages, and I will give it.” (Gen 29,15) 29 Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me. (Gen 31,6; Gen 31,38) 30 For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?” (Gen 30,43; 1Ti 5,8) 31 He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it: 32 let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall be my wages. (Gen 31,8) 33 So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.” 34 Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.” 35 But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons. 36 And he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flock. 37 Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. (Gen 31,8) 38 He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, (Eso 2,16) 39 the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock. 41 Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks, 42 but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys. (Gen 24,35; Gen 26,13; Gen 30,30)

King James Version

1 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. 2 And Jacob' anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God' stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 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. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 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. 7 And Bilhah Rachel' maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah' maid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah' maid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. 14 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' mandrakes. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son' mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son' mandrakes. 16 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' mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 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. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. 25 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. 26 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. 27 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. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it . 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 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? 31 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: 32 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. 33 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. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 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. 36 And he set three days'journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban' flocks. 37 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. 38 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. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban' cattle. 41 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. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban', and the stronger Jacob'. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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1 Weil Rahel kinderlos blieb, wurde sie eifersüchtig auf ihre Schwester. Sie bestürmte Jakob mit Vorwürfen: »Verschaff mir endlich Kinder, sonst will ich nicht länger leben!« 2 Jakob wurde wütend auf sie und rief: »Bin ich denn Gott? Er hat dir Kinder versagt und dich unfruchtbar gemacht, nicht ich!« 3 »Dann gebe ich dir eben meine Magd Bilha«, entgegnete Rahel. »Geh und schlaf mit ihr! Wenn sie dann ein Kind bekommt, soll sie es mir überlassen.^[1] So kann ich durch sie doch noch Nachwuchs bekommen.« 4 Jakob war einverstanden, und Rahel gab ihm Bilha zur Nebenfrau. Er schlief mit ihr, 5 sie wurde schwanger und brachte einen Sohn zur Welt. 6 Da sagte Rahel: »Gott hat mir zu meinem Recht verholfen! Er hat auf meine Bitte gehört und mir einen Sohn geschenkt!« Darum nannte sie ihn Dan (»Er hat zum Recht verholfen«). 7 Bilha wurde erneut schwanger und schenkte Jakob einen weiteren Sohn. 8 »Ich habe mit meiner Schwester einen Kampf um Gottes Gunst ausgefochten^[2] – und ich habe gewonnen!«, sagte Rahel und gab ihm den Namen Naftali (»mein Erkämpfter«). 9 Als Lea merkte, dass sie keine Kinder mehr bekam, gab sie Jakob ihre Magd Silpa zur Nebenfrau. 10 Silpa wurde schwanger und brachte einen Sohn zur Welt. 11 »Mein Glück kehrt zurück!«, freute sich Lea und nannte ihn Gad (»Glück«). 12 Als Silpa Jakob einen zweiten Sohn gebar, 13 sagte Lea: »Ich Glückliche! Alle Frauen werden mich beglückwünschen!« Darum nannte sie ihn Asser (»glücklich«). 14 Zur Zeit der Weizenernte fand Ruben auf einem Feld Alraunfrüchte, auch Liebesäpfel^[3] genannt; er nahm sie mit nach Hause und gab sie seiner Mutter Lea. Rahel sah das und bat Lea: »Gib mir doch bitte ein paar davon ab!« 15 Aber Lea fuhr sie an: »Reicht es dir nicht, dass du mir meinen Mann weggenommen hast? Musst du mir auch noch die Liebesäpfel wegnehmen, die mein Sohn gefunden hat?« »Ich mache dir einen Vorschlag«, entgegnete Rahel, »du gibst mir die Liebesäpfel, und dafür schläft Jakob diese Nacht bei dir.« 16 Am Abend, als Jakob vom Feld nach Hause kam, ging Lea ihm entgegen. »Du schläfst heute Nacht bei mir«, sagte sie, »ich habe mir dieses Vorrecht von Rahel erkauft. Sie hat dafür die Liebesäpfel bekommen, die Ruben gefunden hat.« Jakob verbrachte die Nacht mit ihr, 17 und Gott erhörte Leas Gebete; sie wurde schwanger und bekam ihren fünften Sohn. 18 Da sagte sie: »Gott hat mich dafür belohnt, dass ich meinem Mann die Magd gegeben habe!« Darum nannte sie ihn Issachar (»Belohnung«). 19 Als Lea erneut schwanger wurde und ihren sechsten Sohn bekam, 20 rief sie: »Gott hat mich reich beschenkt! Jetzt wird mich mein Mann anerkennen, weil ich ihm sechs Söhne geboren habe!« Sie gab ihm den Namen Sebulon (»Anerkennung«). 21 Danach brachte sie eine Tochter zur Welt, die nannte sie Dina. 22 Gott dachte nun auch an Rahel und erhörte ihre Gebete. 23 Sie wurde schwanger und bekam einen Sohn. »Endlich hat Gott die Schande von mir genommen! 24 Hoffentlich gibt der HERR mir noch einen Sohn dazu!«, sagte sie und nannte ihn Josef (»hinzufügen«)^[4].

Jakobs Handel mit Laban

25 Nach der Geburt Josefs ging Jakob zu seinem Onkel Laban. »Erlaube mir, in meine Heimat zurückzukehren!«, bat er. 26 »Überlass mir meine Frauen und meine Kinder; um sie zu bekommen, habe ich hart für dich gearbeitet. Du weißt ja selbst, was ich geleistet habe – jetzt lass mich bitte gehen!« 27 Aber Laban erwiderte: »Tu mir doch den Gefallen und bleib hier! Ich bin in den letzten Jahren sehr reich geworden, und ich weiß, dass der HERR mir nur deshalb so viel Besitz geschenkt hat, weil du bei mir bist. 28 Du darfst deinen Lohn selbst bestimmen – ich gebe dir alles, was du verlangst!« 29 Aber Jakob entgegnete: »Du weißt genau, wie viel ich für dich getan habe und wie deine Herden in dieser Zeit gewachsen sind. 30 Als ich kam, hattest du nur eine kleine Herde, aber inzwischen haben sich deine Viehbestände immer weiter vergrößert. Der HERR wollte, dass mir alles gelang, was ich für dich unternahm; er hat dich reich gemacht. Aber was habe ich davon? Ich muss jetzt endlich einmal für meine eigene Familie sorgen!« 31 »Nenn mir deinen Lohn!«, wiederholte Laban. »Ich will keinen Lohn«, sagte Jakob und schlug vor: »Ich werde mich sogar wieder um dein Vieh kümmern, wenn du mir diese eine Bedingung erfüllst: 32 Ich gehe heute durch deine Herden und sondere für mich alle schwarz gefleckten, gesprenkelten und ganz schwarzen Schafe aus. Außerdem nehme ich mir alle weiß gefleckten und gesprenkelten Ziegen. 33 Falls unter den Tieren, die in Zukunft geworfen werden, noch welche mit so einem Fell sein sollten, gehören sie ebenfalls mir. An der Farbe meiner Tiere kannst du dann jederzeit prüfen, ob ich dir gegenüber ehrlich bin oder ob ich dich betrüge.« 34 »Abgemacht«, sagte Laban, »ich bin mit deinem Vorschlag einverstanden.« 35 Am selben Tag noch sonderte Laban alle Ziegen aus, an denen etwas Weißes war, und alle Schafe, an denen etwas Schwarzes war, und schickte seine Söhne mit ihnen fort. 36 Sie sollten so weit wegziehen, dass sie von Jakob drei Tagereisen entfernt waren. Dann gab er seine Herde Jakob zur Aufsicht. 37 Jakob holte sich frische Zweige von Pappeln, Mandelbäumen und Platanen und schälte einige Streifen von ihrer Rinde ab. 38 Die weiß gestreiften Stäbe stellte er in die Tränkrinnen, so dass die Tiere sie vor sich sahen, wenn sie zum Trinken kamen. Dies war nämlich der Ort, an dem sie sich paarten; 39 dabei hatten sie die Stäbe vor Augen.^[5] In der folgenden Zeit wurden gestreifte, gefleckte und gesprenkelte Junge geworfen. 40 Jakob sonderte sie aus und ließ sie im Blickfeld der übrigen Herde weiden. Wenn nun die Tiere der Herde brünstig wurden und sich paarten, hatten sie Jakobs Herde vor Augen. Deshalb warfen auch sie gestreifte, gefleckte und gesprenkelte Jungtiere. Daraus bildete er seine eigene Herde. 41 Die gestreiften Stäbe legte er aber nur dann in die Tränkrinnen, wenn die kräftigen Tiere sich paarten. 42 Bei den schwachen ließ er es sein. Dadurch bekam Laban die schwachen und Jakob die kräftigen Jungtiere. 43 So wurde Jakobs Viehherde immer größer, außerdem besaß er Kamele und Esel sowie Sklaven und Sklavinnen.