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Book of Genesis 39

37 And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and 2 And perceiving also, that Laban’s counte-
of almond, and of plane trees, and pilled them nance was not towards him as yesterday and the
in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the other day.
parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: 3 Especially the Lord saying to him: Return
but the parts that were whole, remained green: into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred,
and by this means the colour was divers. and I will be with thee.
38 And he put them in the troughs, where 4 He sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the
the water was poured out; that when the flocks field, where he fed the flocks,
should come to drink, they might have the rods 5 And said to them: I see your father’s coun-
before their eyes, and in the sight of them might tenance is not towards me as yesterday and the
conceive. other day: but the God of my father hath been
39 And it came to pass, that in the very with me.
heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and 6 And you know that I have served your father
brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and to the uttermost of my power.
speckled. 7 Yea your father hath also overreached me,
40 And Jacob separated the flock, and put the and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet
rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; God hath not suffered him to hurt me.
and all the white and the black were Laban’s, 8 If at any time, he said: The speckled shall be
and the rest were Jacob’s, when the flocks were thy wages: all the sheep brought forth speckled:
separated one from the other. but when he said on the contrary: Thou shalt
41 So when the ewes went first to ram, Ja- take all the white one for thy wages: all the flocks
cob put the rods in the troughs of water before brought forth white ones.
the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they 9 And God hath taken your father’s sub-
might conceive while they were looking upon stance, and given it to me.
them. 10 For after the time came of the ewes conceiv-
42 But when the later coming was, and the ing, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in my sleep, that
last conceiving, he did not put them. And those the males which leaped upon the females were of
that were lateward, became Laban’s; and they divers colours, and spotted, and speckled.
of the first time, Jacob’s. 11 And the angel of God said to me in my
43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am.
he had many flocks, maidservants and menser- 12 And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that
all the males leaping upon the females, are of
vants, camels and asses.
divers colours, spotted and speckled. For I have
seen all that Laban hath done to thee.
Chapter 31 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst
anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now
But after that he had heard the words of the therefore arise, and go out of this land, and re-
sons of Laban, saying: Jacob hath taken away turn into thy native country.
all that was our father’s, and being enriched by 14 And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we
his substance is become great. any thing left among the goods and inheritance