When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותרא
607
רחל
238
כי
30
לא
31
ילדה
49
ליעקב
212
ותקנא
557
רחל
238
באחתה
416
ותאמר
647
אליעקב
213
הבהלי
52
בנים
102
ואםאין
108
מתה
445
אנכי
81
Genesis 30:2
Gematria: 3076
ויחראףיעקבברחלויאמרהתחתאלהיםאנכיאשרמנעממךפריבטן
Jacob was incensed at Rachel, and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you fruit of the womb?”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויחראף
305
יעקב
182
ברחל
240
ויאמר
257
התחת
813
אלהים
86
אנכי
81
אשרמנע
661
ממך
100
פריבטן
351
Genesis 30:3
Gematria: 2344
ותאמרהנהאמתיבלההבאאליהותלדעלברכיואבנהגםאנכיממנה
She said, “Here is my maid Bilhah. Consort with her, that she may bear on my knees and that through her I too may have children.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
הנה
60
אמתי
451
בלהה
42
בא
3
אליה
46
ותלד
440
עלברכי
332
ואבנה
64
גםאנכי
124
ממנה
135
Genesis 30:4
Gematria: 2711
ותתןלואתבלההשפחתהלאשהויבאאליהיעקב
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as concubine, and Jacob cohabited with her.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותתןלו
892
אתבלהה
443
שפחתה
793
לאשה
336
ויבא
19
אליה
46
יעקב
182
Genesis 30:5
Gematria: 1357
ותהרבלההותלדליעקבבן
Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותהר
611
בלהה
42
ותלד
440
ליעקב
212
בן
52
Genesis 30:6
Gematria: 3120
ותאמררחלדנניאלהיםוגםשמעבקליויתןליבןעלכןקראהשמודן
And Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; has vindicated me Heb. dananni, connected with “Dan.” indeed, [God] has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
רחל
238
דנני
114
אלהים
86
וגם
49
שמע
410
בקלי
142
ויתןלי
506
בן
52
עלכן
170
קראה
306
שמו
346
דן
54
Genesis 30:7
Gematria: 2823
ותהרעודותלדבלההשפחתרחלבןשניליעקב
Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
And Rachel said, “A fateful contest I waged ” with my sister; yes, and I have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali.
Translation Notes
*A fateful contest I waged Heb. naphtule … naphtalti, connected with “Naphtali.” — Lit. “A contest of God….
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
רחל
238
נפתולי
576
אלהיםנפתלתי
1056
עםאחתי
529
גםיכלתי
513
ותקרא
707
שמו
346
נפתלי
570
Genesis 30:9
Gematria: 4906
ותראלאהכיעמדהמלדתותקחאתזלפהשפחתהותתןאתהליעקבלאשה
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותרא
607
לאה
36
כי
30
עמדה
119
מלדת
474
ותקח
514
אתזלפה
523
שפחתה
793
ותתן
856
אתה
406
ליעקב
212
לאשה
336
Genesis 30:10
Gematria: 1650
ותלדזלפהשפחתלאהליעקבבן
And when Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותלד
440
זלפה
122
שפחת
788
לאה
36
ליעקב
212
בן
52
Genesis 30:11
Gematria: 2163
ותאמרלאהבגדבאגדותקראאתשמוגד
Leah said, “What luck!” What luck! So the kethib, which reads begad; the qere reads ba’ gad “luck has come”; connected with “Gad.” So she named him Gad.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
לאה
36
בגד
9
בא
3
גד
7
ותקרא
707
אתשמו
747
גד
7
Genesis 30:12
Gematria: 2010
ותלדזלפהשפחתלאהבןשניליעקב
When Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותלד
440
זלפה
122
שפחת
788
לאה
36
בן
52
שני
360
ליעקב
212
Genesis 30:13
Gematria: 4206
ותאמרלאהבאשריכיאשרוניבנותותקראאתשמואשר
Leah declared, “What fortune!” What fortune! Heb. be’oshri, connected with “Asher.” meaning, “Women will deem me fortunate.” So she named him Asher.
Once, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben came upon some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
But she said to her, “Was it not enough for you to take away my husband, that you would also take my son’s mandrakes?” Rachel replied, “I promise, he shall lie with you tonight, in return for your son’s mandrakes.”
When Jacob came home from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You are to sleep with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבא
19
יעקב
182
מןהשדה
404
בערב
274
ותצא
497
לאה
36
לקראתו
737
ותאמר
647
אלי
41
תבוא
409
כי
30
שכר
520
שכרתיך
950
בדודאי
27
בני
62
וישכב
338
עמה
115
בלילה
77
הוא
12
Genesis 30:17
Gematria: 2262
וישמעאלהיםאללאהותהרותלדליעקבבןחמישי
God heeded Leah, and she conceived and bore him a fifth son.
And Leah said, “God has given me my reward my reward Heb. sekhari, connected with “Issachar.” for having given my maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
לאה
36
נתן
500
אלהים
86
שכרי
530
אשרנתתי
1361
שפחתי
798
לאישי
351
ותקרא
707
שמו
346
יששכר
830
Genesis 30:19
Gematria: 2041
ותהרעודלאהותלדבןששיליעקב
When Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son,
Leah said, “God has given me a choice gift; has given me a choice gift Heb. zebadani … zebed. this time my husband will exalt me, will exalt me Heb. yizbeleni; others “will dwell with me.” for I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
לאה
36
זבדני
73
אלהיםאתי
497
זבד
13
טוב
17
הפעם
195
יזבלני
109
אישי
321
כיילדתי
484
לו
36
ששה
605
בנים
102
ותקרא
707
אתשמו
747
זבלון
95
Genesis 30:21
Gematria: 2188
ואחרילדהבתותקראאתשמהדינה
Last, she bore him a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואחר
215
ילדה
49
בת
402
ותקרא
707
אתשמה
746
דינה
69
Genesis 30:22
Gematria: 2684
ויזכראלהיםאתרחלוישמעאליהאלהיםויפתחאתרחמה
Now God remembered Rachel; God heeded her and opened her womb.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויזכר
243
אלהים
86
אתרחל
639
וישמע
426
אליה
46
אלהים
86
ויפתח
504
אתרחמה
654
Genesis 30:23
Gematria: 3076
ותהרותלדבןותאמראסףאלהיםאתחרפתי
She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away has taken away Heb. ’asaph, connected with “Joseph.” my disgrace.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותהר
611
ותלד
440
בן
52
ותאמר
647
אסף
141
אלהים
86
אתחרפתי
1099
Genesis 30:24
Gematria: 2358
ותקראאתשמויוסףלאמריסףיהוהליבןאחר
So she named him Joseph, which is to say, “May יהוה add add Heb. yoseph, connected with “Joseph.” another son for me.”
For the little you had before I came has grown to much, since יהוה has blessed you wherever I turned. And now, when shall I make provision for my own household?”
let me pass through your whole flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted animal—every dark-colored sheep and every spotted and speckled goat. Such shall be my wages.
In the future when you go over my wages, let my honesty toward you testify for me: if there are among my goats any that are not speckled or spotted or any sheep that are not dark-colored, they got there by theft.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
וענתהבי
543
צדקתי
604
ביום
58
מחר
248
כיתבוא
439
עלשכרי
630
לפניך
190
כל
50
אשראיננו
618
נקד
154
וטלוא
52
בעזים
129
וחום
60
בכשבים
374
גנוב
61
הוא
12
אתי
411
Genesis 30:34
Gematria: 701
ויאמרלבןהןלויהיכדברך
And Laban said, “Very well, let it be as you say.”
But that same day he removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats—every one that had white on it—and all the dark-colored sheep, and left them in the charge of his sons.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויסר
276
ביום
58
ההוא
17
אתהתישים
1166
העקדים
229
והטלאים
101
ואת
407
כלהעזים
182
הנקדות
565
והטלאת
451
כל
50
אשרלבן
583
בו
8
וכלחום
110
בכשבים
374
ויתן
466
בידבניו
84
Genesis 30:36
Gematria: 4176
וישםדרךשלשתימיםבינווביןיעקבויעקברעהאתצאןלבןהנותרת
And he put a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban’s flock.
The rods that he had peeled he set up in front of the goats ” in the troughs, the water receptacles, that the goats came to drink from. Their mating occurred when they came to drink,
Translation Notes
*goats — Lit. “flocks.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויצג
109
אתהמקלות
982
אשר
501
פצל
200
ברהטים
266
בשקתות
1208
המים
95
אשר
501
תבאן
453
הצאן
146
לשתות
1136
לנכח
108
הצאן
146
ויחמנה
119
בבאן
55
לשתות
1136
Genesis 30:39
Gematria: 1988
ויחמוהצאןאלהמקלותותלדןהצאןעקדיםנקדיםוטלאים
and since the goats mated by the rods, the goats brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted young.
But Jacob dealt separately with the sheep; he made these animals face the streaked or wholly dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. And so he produced special flocks for himself, which he did not put with Laban’s flocks.
Moreover, when the sturdier sturdier Or “early-breeding.” animals were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they mated by the rods;
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
בכליחם
110
הצאן
146
המקשרות
1051
ושם
346
יעקב
182
אתהמקלות
982
לעיני
170
הצאן
146
ברהטים
266
ליחמנה
143
במקלות
578
Genesis 30:42
Gematria: 1944
ובהעטיףהצאןלאישיםוהיההעטפיםללבןוהקשריםליעקב
but with the feebler feebler Or “late-breeding.” animals he would not place them there. Thus the feeble feeble Cf. previous note. ones went to Laban and the sturdy to Jacob.