Genesis 30
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Genesis 30:25-43

25And it came to pass, when RachelH7354 had borneH3205 JosephH3130, that JacobH3290 saidH559 unto LabanH3837, SendH7971 me awayH7971, that I may goH7971 unto mine own placeH4725, and to my country. 26GiveH5414 me my wivesH802 and my childrenH3206 for whom I have servedH5647 thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my serviceH5656 wherewith I have servedH5647 thee. 27And LabanH3837 saidH559 unto him, If now I have foundH4672 favorH2580 in thine eyesH5869, tarry: for I have divinedH5172 that Jehovah hath blessedH1288 me for thy sake. 28And he saidH559, Appoint me thy wagesH7939, and I will giveH5414 it. 29And he saidH559 unto him, Thou knowest how I have servedH5647 thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. 30For it wasH1961 littleH4592 which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitudeH7230; and Jehovah hath blessedH1288 thee whithersoever I turned: and nowH6258 when shall I provide for mine own houseH1004 alsoH1571? 31And he saidH559, What shall I giveH5414 thee? And JacobH3290 saidH559, Thou shalt not giveH5414 me aught: if thou wilt do this thingH1697 for me, I will again feedH7462 thy flockH6629 and keepH8104 it. 32I will passH5674 through all thy flockH6629 to-day, removingH5493 from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheepH6629, and the spotted and speckled among the goatsH5795: and of such shall beH1961 my hireH7939. 33So shall my righteousnessH6666 answerH6030 for me hereafter, when thou shalt comeH935 concerning my hireH7939 that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goatsH5795, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolenH1589. 34And LabanH3837 saidH559, Behold, I would it might beH1961 according to thy wordH1697. 35And he removedH5493 that dayH3117 the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had whiteH3836 in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gaveH5414 them into the handH3027 of his sonsH1121; 36and he setH7760 threeH7969 days’H3117 journeyH1870 betwixt himself and JacobH3290: and JacobH3290 fed the rest of Laban’s flocksH6629.

37And JacobH3290 tookH3947 him rods of freshH3892 poplarH3839, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled whiteH3836 streaks in them, and made the whiteH3836 appear which was in the rods. 38And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocksH6629 in the gutters in the watering-troughs whereH834 the flocksH6629 cameH935 to drinkH8354; and they conceived whenH834 they cameH935 to drinkH8354. 39And the flocksH6629 conceived before the rods, and the flocksH6629 broughtH3205 forthH3205 ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. 40And JacobH3290 separatedH6504 the lambsH3775, and setH5414 the facesH6440 of the flocksH6629 toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flockH6629 of LabanH3837: and he putH5414 his own droves apartH905, and putH5414 them not unto Laban’s flockH6629. 41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flockH6629 did conceive, that JacobH3290 laid the rods before the eyesH5869 of the flockH6629 in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; 42but when the flockH6629 wereH1961 feeble, he putH7760 them not in: so the feebler wereH1961 Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. 43And the manH376 increased exceedinglyH3966, and had large flocksH6629, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camelsH1581 and asses.

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