Genesis 30
- 1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- 2And Jacob's anger burned against Rachel. And he said, Am I in God's place, who has kept back from you the fruit of the womb?
- 3And she said, My maid Bilhah, sleep with her. And she shall bear on my knees, that I may also have children by her.
- 4And she gave him Bilhah her female servant to wife. And Jacob slept with her.
- 5And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
- 6And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore called she his name Dan.
- 7And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
- 8And Rachel said, With great struggles I have wrestled with my sister, and I have won. And she called his name Naphtali.
- 9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- 10And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.
- 11And Leah said, A troop comes. And she called his name Gad.
- 12And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a second son.
- 13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.
- 14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes.
- 15And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? And would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
- 16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me, for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
- 17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
- 18And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my servant girl to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
- 19And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
- 20And Leah said, God has given me a good dowry. Now will my husband live with me, because I have born him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
- 21And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
- 22And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- 23And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my disgrace.
- 24And she called his name Joseph, and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
- 25When Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
- 26Give me my wives and my children, the ones I have served you for, and let me go. For you know my service which I have done you.
- 27And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. For I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.
- 28And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.
- 29And he said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle was with me.
- 30For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased greatly. And the Lord has blessed you since my coming. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
- 31And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock.
- 32I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. And of such shall be my hire.
- 33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before your face. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
- 34And Laban said, I would it might be according to your word.
- 35And he removed that day the he goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
- 36And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
- 37And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree. And he peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
- 38And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
- 39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- 40And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban. And he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Laban's cattle.
- 41Whenever the stronger cattle did conceive, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
- 42But when the cattle were weak, he put them not in. So the weaker were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
- 43And the man increased greatly, and had much cattle, and female servants, and male servants, and camels, and donkeys.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Genesis 30 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
GIGAKJVAnd when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
KJVAnd Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob's anger burned against Rachel. And he said, Am I in God's place, who has kept back from you the fruit of the womb?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd she said, My maid Bilhah, sleep with her. And she shall bear on my knees, that I may also have children by her.
KJVAnd she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
GIGAKJVAnd she gave him Bilhah her female servant to wife. And Jacob slept with her.
KJVAnd Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
GIGAKJVAnd Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
KJVAnd Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
GIGAKJVAnd Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore called she his name Dan.
KJVAnd Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
GIGAKJVAnd Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
KJVAnd Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
GIGAKJVAnd Rachel said, With great struggles I have wrestled with my sister, and I have won. And she called his name Naphtali.
KJVAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
GIGAKJVAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.
KJVAnd Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
GIGAKJVAnd Leah said, A troop comes. And she called his name Gad.
KJVAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
GIGAKJVAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a second son.
KJVAnd Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
GIGAKJVAnd Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes.
KJVAnd she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken 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.
GIGAKJVAnd she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? And would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me, for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
KJVAnd God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
GIGAKJVAnd God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
KJVAnd Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
GIGAKJVAnd Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my servant girl to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
KJVAnd Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
GIGAKJVAnd Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
KJVAnd Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
GIGAKJVAnd Leah said, God has given me a good dowry. Now will my husband live with me, because I have born him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
KJVAnd afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
GIGAKJVAnd afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
KJVAnd God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
GIGAKJVAnd God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
KJVAnd she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
GIGAKJVAnd she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my disgrace.
KJVAnd she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
GIGAKJVAnd she called his name Joseph, and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVWhen Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
KJVGive me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
GIGAKJVGive me my wives and my children, the ones I have served you for, and let me go. For you know my service which I have done you.
KJVAnd Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
GIGAKJVAnd Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. For I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.
KJVAnd he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.
KJVAnd he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
GIGAKJVAnd he said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle was with me.
KJVFor it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
GIGAKJVFor it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased greatly. And the Lord has blessed you since my coming. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
KJVAnd he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock.
KJVI will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
GIGAKJVI will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. And of such shall be my hire.
KJVSo shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
GIGAKJVSo shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before your face. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
KJVAnd Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
GIGAKJVAnd Laban said, I would it might be according to your word.
KJVAnd he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
GIGAKJVAnd he removed that day the he goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
KJVAnd he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
GIGAKJVAnd he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
KJVAnd Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree. And he peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
KJVAnd he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
GIGAKJVAnd he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
KJVAnd the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
GIGAKJVAnd the flocks conceived before the rods, and gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
KJVAnd Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban. And he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Laban's cattle.
KJVAnd it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
GIGAKJVWhenever the stronger cattle did conceive, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
KJVBut when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
GIGAKJVBut when the cattle were weak, he put them not in. So the weaker were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
KJVAnd the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
GIGAKJVAnd the man increased greatly, and had much cattle, and female servants, and male servants, and camels, and donkeys.
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