Genesis 30 (NET)

Genesis 30:1¹When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children or I’ll die!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 5:2Gen 29:31Gen 37:111 Cor 3:32 Cor 7:10Prov 14:30Jas 3:14Jas 4:51 Kgs 19:41 Sam 1:4-8

Genesis 30:2²Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 16:22 Kgs 5:7Ps 127:31 Sam 1:5Gen 31:36Gen 50:191 Sam 2:5-6Eph 4:26Exod 32:19Gen 20:18

Genesis 30:3³She replied, “Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 50:23Job 3:12Gen 16:2-3Gen 30:9Ruth 4:11

Genesis 30:4⁴So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:222 Sam 12:11Gen 16:3-4Gen 21:10Gen 22:24Gen 25:1Gen 25:6Gen 33:2

Genesis 30:5⁵Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:6⁶Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 3:59Ps 35:24Ps 43:1Gen 49:16-17Deut 33:22Gen 29:32-35Gen 35:25Gen 46:23Jer 13:2Jer 13:24

Genesis 30:7⁷Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:8⁸Then Rachel said, “I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 32:24-25Gen 23:6Gen 49:21Matt 4:131 Sam 14:15Deut 33:23Exod 9:28Gen 35:25Gen 46:24

Genesis 30:9⁹When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 30:4Gen 16:3Gen 29:35Gen 30:17

Genesis 30:10¹⁰Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:11¹¹Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:19Deut 33:20-21Gen 35:26Gen 46:16Isa 65:11

Genesis 30:12¹²Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:13¹³Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:48Gen 35:26Gen 49:20Prov 31:28Song 6:9Deut 33:24-25Gen 46:17

Genesis 30:14¹⁴At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 7:13Gen 25:30

Genesis 30:15¹⁵But Leah replied, “Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?” “All right,” Rachel said, “he may go to bed with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 16:131 Cor 4:3Ezek 16:47Isa 7:13Num 16:9-10

Genesis 30:16¹⁶When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:17¹⁷God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:201 Sam 1:26-27Exod 3:7Gen 30:22Gen 30:6Luke 1:13

Genesis 30:18¹⁸Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 12:32Deut 33:18Gen 35:23Gen 46:13Gen 49:14-15

Genesis 30:19¹⁹Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:20²⁰Then Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:23Gen 49:13Matt 4:13Gen 46:14Judg 4:10Judg 5:14Ps 68:27Gen 29:34Gen 30:15

Genesis 30:21²¹After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 34:1-3Gen 34:26Gen 46:15

Genesis 30:22²²Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 29:31Ps 113:91 Sam 1:19-20Gen 21:1-2Gen 25:21Gen 8:1Ps 127:3Gen 30:2Ps 105:42

Genesis 30:23²³She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:25Gen 29:31Luke 1:271 Sam 1:5-6Isa 4:1Luke 1:21

Genesis 30:24²⁴She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:24Gen 49:22-26Gen 37:2Rev 7:8Deut 33:13-17Gen 35:17-18Gen 39:1-23Gen 42:6Heb 11:21-22Acts 7:9-15

Genesis 30:25²⁵After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:54Gen 24:56Acts 7:4-5Gen 18:33Gen 24:6-7Gen 26:3Gen 28:13Gen 28:15Gen 31:13Gen 31:55

Genesis 30:26²⁶Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 29:30Hos 12:12Gen 29:19-20Gen 31:26Gen 31:31Gen 31:38-41Gen 31:6Gen 30:29-30

Genesis 30:27²⁷But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:10Gen 26:24Isa 61:9Ruth 2:13Exod 3:21Gen 12:3Gen 39:2-5Gen 39:21-23Gen 18:3Gen 30:30

Genesis 30:28²⁸He added, “Just name your wages—I’ll pay whatever you want.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 29:15Gen 29:19

Genesis 30:29²⁹“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, “and how well your livestock have fared under my care.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 31:6Gen 31:38-401 Pet 2:181 Pet 2:15Col 3:22-25Eph 6:5-8Gen 30:5Matt 24:45Titus 2:9-10

Genesis 30:30³⁰Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:82 Cor 12:14Deut 11:10

Genesis 30:31³¹So Laban asked, “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied, “but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:4-6Heb 13:5Ps 118:8

Genesis 30:32³²Let me walk among all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted or speckled goats. These animals will be my wages.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 31:8Gen 31:10Gen 30:35

Genesis 30:33³³My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:232 Sam 22:21Exod 13:14Gen 31:37Isa 59:12Ps 37:6

Genesis 30:34³⁴“Agreed!” said Laban, “It will be as you say.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:51 Cor 7:7Gal 5:12Num 22:29

Genesis 30:35³⁵So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 31:9

Genesis 30:36³⁶Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:37³⁷But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 31:8Gen 31:9-13

Genesis 30:38³⁸Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:39³⁹When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 12:35-36Gen 31:38Gen 31:40Gen 31:42Gen 31:9-12

Genesis 30:40⁴⁰Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban’s flocks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:41⁴¹When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:42⁴²But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 30:43⁴³In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:35Gen 26:13-14Gen 30:30Gen 13:2Eccl 2:7Gen 12:16Gen 28:15Gen 32:10Gen 33:11Ezek 39:10