30:14-30:34

[30:14] 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’s mandrakes. [30:15] And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes. [30:16] And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. [30:17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son. [30:18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. [30:19] And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. [30:20] And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. [30:21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. [30:22] And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. [30:23] And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach: [30:24] and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son. [30:25] And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. [30:26] Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. [30:27] And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake. [30:28] And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. [30:29] And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. [30:30] For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? [30:31] And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. [30:32] I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. [30:33] So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolen. [30:34] And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.