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Genesis 30
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Genesis
Isaac and Jacob
Gofa
Jacob
, person
Leah
, person
Rachel
, person
Laban
, person
Bilhah
, person
Zilpah
, person
Joseph
, person
Reuben
, person
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Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ራሄላ ያይቆባስ ናይታ የሎናይሳ በአዳ ባ ምችዉ ቃናታሱ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ያይቆባ፥ “ታዉ ናአ እማ፥ እፅኮ ታኒ ሀይቃና” ያጋሱ።
BSB
BSB:
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
2
GOFE
ያይቆብ ራሄሎ ሀንቀትድ፥ “ታና ነዉ የሎ እማናዉ ዎይኮ ድጋናዉ ፆሰ ጋድዬ?” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
3
GOFE
እያ፥ “ታ ጋꬍንድዉ ባሎ ህኖ በአ። እያ ታ ግሾ የላና መላ ኔኒ ኢራ አቃ፥ ያንኮ፥ ታኒ እ ባጋራ ናአ ደማና” ያጋሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
4
GOFE
ባ ጋꬍንድዉ ባሎ ማቾ ኦꬅድ ኤካና መላ እያዉ እማሱ።
BSB
BSB:
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
5
GOFE
ባላ ቃንꬃታዳ አደ ናአ ያይቆባስ የላሱ።
BSB
BSB:
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
6
GOFE
ያትን ራሄላ፥ “ፆሳይ ታዉ ፕርድስ፥ ታ ዎሳካ ስእድ ታዉ አደ ናአ እሚስ” ያጋዳ ሄ ናአ ዳነ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
7
GOFE
ራሄል ጋꬍንድያ ባላ ቃንꬃታዳ ያይቆባስ ናምአንꬆ አደ ናአ የላሱ።
BSB
BSB:
And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8
GOFE
ራሄላ፥ “ታኒ ታ ምቸራ ዎልቃማ ባፀ ባፀታዳ ፆናስ” ያጋዳ ሄ ናአ ንፍታለመ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9
GOFE
ልያ የሎ ኤቅዳይሳ በአዳ፥ ባ ጋꬍንድያ ዛላፋ ያይቆባስ ማቾ ኦꬃዳ እማሱ።
BSB
BSB:
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10
GOFE
ልያ ጋꬍንድያ ዛላፋ አደ ናአ ያይቆባስ የላሱ።
BSB
BSB:
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11
GOFE
ልያ፥ “ላ ሀይስ አይብ ሎኦ ቃደ!” ያጋዳ፥ ሄ ናአ ጋደ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12
GOFE
ልያ ጋꬍንድያ ዛላፋ ያይቆባስ ናምአንꬆ አደ ናአ የላሱ።
BSB
BSB:
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
13
GOFE
ልያ፥ “ታና ዳሮ ኡፋይሴስ፤ ማጫስ ኡባይ ታና ኡፋይትያሮ ጋና” ጋዳ ሄ ናአ አሴራ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14
GOFE
ግስተ ጫክያ አጌናን ሮቤል ጋደ ብድ እንኮያ ምꬃ አይፈ ደምድ ባ አየ ልያስ ኤክድ ይስ። ራሄላ ልያኮ፥ “ነ ናአይ ኤህዳ እንኮያ ምꬃ አይፍያፐ ታዉ እማ” ያጋሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15
GOFE
ሽን ልያ፥ “ታ አዝና ኔኒ ዎልቃን ኤክዳይስ ግዶና እፅን ሀእ ቃስ ታ ናአ እንኮያ ሚꬃ አይፍያ ኤካኔ?” ያጋሱ። ራሄላ፥ “ነ ናአ እንኮያ ታዉ እምኮ፥ ያይቆብ ሀች ቃማ ኔራ አቆ” ያጋሱ።
BSB
BSB:
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16
GOFE
ሄ ጋላስ ኦማርስ ያይቆብ ባዞፈ ያ ዎደ ልያ እያ ሞካናዉ ከያዳ፥ “ኔኒ ታራ አቃናዉ ኮሼስ፤ ታኒ ታ ናአ እንኮያ አይፈያን ነና ሻማስ” ያጋሱ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ እ ሄ ቃማ ኢራ አቅስ።
BSB
BSB:
When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17
GOFE
ፆሳይ ልያ ዎሳ ስእስ። እያ ቃንꬃታዳ እቻሻንꬆ አደ ናአ ያይቆባስ የላሱ።
BSB
BSB:
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18
GOFE
ልያ፥ “ታኒ ታ አይልዉ ታ አዝናስ እምዳ ግሾ፥ ፆሳይ ሄሳ ታዉ ቃንፅስ” ያጋዳ ሄ ናአ ይሳኮራ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
19
GOFE
ልያ ሀራ ቃንꬃታዳ ኡሱፑንꬆ አደ ናአ ያይቆባስ የላሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20
GOFE
ልያ፥ “ፆሲ ታዉ አልኦ እሞታ እሚስ። ታኒ ታ አዝናስ ኡሱፑን አደ ናይታ የልዳ ግሾ፥ ሀእ እ ታና ቦንቻና” ያጋዳ ሄ ናአ ዛብሎና ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
21
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ እስ ማጫ ናአ የላሱ፥ እዮ ዲና ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22
GOFE
ፆሳይ ራሄሎ ቆፕስ። እ ዎሳ ስእድ እ የሎ ኡሉዋ ዶይስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
23
GOFE
እያ ቃንꬃታዳ አደ ናአ የላሱ፤ “ፆሳይ ታ ዬላ ቃርስ።
BSB
BSB:
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
24
GOFE
ጎዳይ ታዉ ሀራ አደ ናአካ ጉጆ” ያጋዳ ሄ ናአ ዮሰፋ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
25
GOFE
ራሄላ ዮሰፋ የልዳፐ ጉየ፥ ያይቆብ፥ “ታኒ ታ አዋ ቢታ ስማዳ ባና ታና ሞይዛ።
BSB
BSB:
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
26
GOFE
ታኒ ኤንታ ግሾ ነዉ ኦꬅዳ ታ ማቸታነ ታ ናይታ እማ። ታኒ ባና፥ ታኒ ነዉ አይ መላ ኦሶ ኦꬅዳኮ ኔኒ ኤራሳ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
27
GOFE
ሽን ላቢ እያኮ፥ “ታኒ ነዉ እስባ ኦዳይስ፥ ጎዳይ ነ ጋሶን ታና አንጅዳይሳ ታኒ ታ ፆሳፈ ኤራስ።
BSB
BSB:
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
28
GOFE
ነ ዳሞዝያ ታዉ ኦዳ፥ ታኒ ነዉ ቃንፃና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29
GOFE
ያይቆብ፥ “ታኒ ነዉ ዋታ ኦꬅዳኮ፥ ነ መሄትካ ዋን የለትዳኮ ኔኒ ኤራሳ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
30
GOFE
ታኒ ያናፐ ካሰ ነዉ ደእያ ጉꬃይ ሀእ ሎይꬅ ዳርስ። ጎዳይ ነና ታኒ አꬍዳ በሳ ኡባን አንጅስ። ሽን ሀእ፥ ታኒ ታ ሶ አሳስ ኦꬃና ዎደ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
31
GOFE
ላቢ፥ “ያትን ታኒ ነዉ አይ እሞ?” ያግድ እያ ኦይችስ። ያይቆብ፥ “ታዉ አይኮካ እሞፋ፥ ኔኒ ታዉ እስባ ኦꬃና ግድኮ፥ ታኒ ነ ዉድያ ሀእካ ሄማናነ ናጋና።
BSB
BSB:
“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
32
GOFE
ታኒ ሀች ነ ዉደ ኡባ ግዶራ አꬋና። ሄሳን ነ ዶርሳታፐ ዋንጩዋ ዎይኮ ጋዛ፥ ካሬꬃ ማራዘታ ኡባ፥ ዴሻፐ ጋዛነ ዋንጮ ኡባ ታኒ ሻካና፥ ኤንቲ ታ ዳሞዘ ግዶ።
BSB
BSB:
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
33
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ታ ፅሎተꬃይ ነ ታዉ ቃንፅዳ ዳሞዝያ በአናዉ ያ ዎደ ታዉ ማርካታና። ታ ዴሻፐ ጋዛ ዎይኮ ፑንጫረ ግዶናባይ ዎይኮ ካሬꬅ ግዶና አይ ዶርሳት ታ ማታን በንትኮ፥ ካይሶተትዳዳ ታይባ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
34
GOFE
ላቢ፥ “ኤሮ፥ ኔኒ ግዳይሳዳ ግዶ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
35
GOFE
ሽን ሄ ጋላሳን ላቢ ካላደ ዎይኮ ጋዛ ግድዳ ኮሌ ኡባ፥ ዋንጮ ዎይኮ ጋዛ ግድዳ ማጫ ዴሻ ኡባ፥ ቦꬃ ዋንጮ ዴሻታነ ካሬꬃ ዋንጮ ዶርሳታ ኡባ ከስድ ባ አደ ናይታ ሄንꬅስ።
BSB
BSB:
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
36
GOFE
ያትድ ሄ ዉድያ ሄꬑ ጋላሳ ኦግያ ያይቆባፐ ሃስድ ኤፍስ። ሽን ያይቆብ አትዳ ላባ ዉድያ ሄምስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37
GOFE
ያይቆብ ኦንጋፍረፐ፥ ባርኤፈኔ ላዉዘ ምꬃፈ ፃምአ ከስድ፥ ፖቁዋ ፖቅድ ግዶ ቦꬃ ባጋ ቃርድ ሽሎይስ።
BSB
BSB:
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
38
GOFE
ዉደይ ሃ ኡያናዉ ያ ዎደ ጎንገን ዉድያ ስንꬃን ፖቅዳ ፃምአ ዎꬅስ። ብራይስ ከይዳይሳት ሃ ኡያናዉ ይድ፥
BSB
BSB:
Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
39
GOFE
ሄ ፃምአታ ስንꬃን ብራይሰቶሶና። ሄ ብራይስዳይሳት ካላደ፥ ዋንጮነ ጋዛ ማራታ የልዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
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ያይቆብ ዴሻ ማራታነ ዶርሳ ዉድያፐ ሻክድ ዱማ ዎꬅስ። አትዳ ዉድያ ካላደነ ካሬꬅ ግድያ ላባ መህያኮ ዛሪድ ኤስስ። ያትድ ላባ ዉድያራ ጋꬆና ባ ዉድያ ዱማይድ ዳርስስ።
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Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
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ዉድያፐ ጎባ ማጫት ብራይሳስ ከይያ ዎደ ሄ ፃምአታ ማታን ብራይሰታና መላ ያይቆብ ሄ ፃምአታ ሃꬃ ጎንገን መሄታ ስንꬃን ዎꬄስ።
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Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
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ሽን መሄት ላፋ ግድኮ ኤንታ ስንꬃን ፃምአ ዎና። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ላፋ መሄት ላባባ ግድን ጎባት ያይቆባባ ግድዶሶና።
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But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
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ሄሳዳ ኦꬅድ ያይቆብ ዳሮ ዱረትድ፥ ዳሮ ዉድያ፥ ማጫ አይለታነ አደ አይለታ፥ ዳሮ ግማለታነ ሀረታ ሃርስ።
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Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
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