雅各拿杨树,杏树,枫树的嫩枝,将皮剥成白纹,使枝子露出白的来,
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
利亚的使女悉帕给雅各生了一个儿子。
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
耶和华我的神阿,我曾呼求你,你医治了我。
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
耶和华如此说,我必使雅各被掳去的帐棚归回,也必顾惜他的住处。城必建造在原旧的山冈。宫殿也照旧有人居住。
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
拉结说,有我的使女辟拉在这里,你可以与她同房,使她生子在我膝下,我便因她也得孩子(原文作被建立)。
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.
利亚的使女悉帕又给雅各生了第二个儿子。
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
割麦子的时候,流便往田里去,寻见风茄,拿来给他母亲利亚。拉结对利亚说,请你把你儿子的风茄给我些。
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.
到了晚上,雅各从田里回来,利亚出来迎接他,说,你要与我同寝,因为我实在用我儿子的风茄把你雇下了。那一夜,雅各就与她同寝。
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's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
神应允了利亚,她就怀孕,给雅各生了第五个儿子。
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
拉结生约瑟之后,雅各对拉班说,请打发我走,叫我回到我本乡本土去。
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.