30 — Genesis

1And Rachel seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.Ma Rachele veggendosi sterile, portava invidia alla sorella, e disse al suo marito: Dammi de' figli, altrimenti io morrò.AND Rachel seing she was vnfruitful, enuied her sister, and said to her husband: Geue me children, otherwise I shal dye.Cernens autem Rachel quod infecunda esset, invidit sorori suæ, et ait marito suo: Da mihi liberos, alioquin moriar. 2And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?Le rispose disgustato Giacobbe: Tengo io il luogo di Dio, il quale ti ha privata della fecondità?With whom Iacob being angrie answered: Am I as God, who hath depriued thee of the fruite of thy wombe?Cui iratus respondit Jacob: Num pro Deo ego sum, qui privavit te fructu ventris tui ? 3But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.Ed ella: Io ho, disse, la serva Bala: prendila, affinché la prole di lei io mi prenda sulle mie ginocchia, e di lei io abbia de' figli.But she said: I haue here my seruant Bala: Companie with her, that she may beare vpon my knees, and I may haue children of her.At illa: Habeo, inquit, famulam Balam: ingredere ad illam, ut pariat super genua mea, et habeam ex illa filios. 4And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,E diede a lui Bala per moglie: la qualeAnd she gaue him Bala into mariage: who,Deditque illi Balam in conjugium: quæ, 5When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.Data a marito concepì, e partorì un figliuolo.when her husband had compained with her, conceaued and bare a sonne.ingresso ad se viro, concepit, et peperit filium. 6And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son; and therefore she called his name Dan.E disse Rachele: il Signore ha giudicato in mio favore, e ha esaudita la mia voce, dandomi un figlio: e per questo chiamollo col nome di Dan.And Rachel said: Our Lord hath iudged for me, and hath heard my voice, geuing me a sonne. and therfore she called his name, Dan.Dixitque Rachel: Judicavit mihi Dominus, et exaudivit vocem meam, dans mihi filium, et idcirco appellavit nomen ejus Dan. 7And again Bala conceived, and bore another,E di nuovo Bala ingravidò, e partorinne un altro,And againe Bala conceauing bare an other,Rursumque Bala concipiens, peperit alterum, 8For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.In proposito del quale disse Rachele: il Signore mi ha messa alle mani colla mia sorella, e io l'ho vinta; e chiamollo Nephtali.for whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I haue preuailed: and she called him Nepthali.pro quo ait Rachel: Comparavit me Deus cum sorore mea, et invalui: vocavitque eum Nephthali.

9Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband.Veggendo Lia, come avea lasciato di far figliuoli, diede a suo marito la sua schiava Zelpha.Lia perceauing that she had left bearing, deliuered Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.Sentiens Lia quod parere desiisset, Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit. 10And when she had conceived, and brought forth a son,E avendo questa concepito, e partorito un figliuolo,Who conceauing and bringing forth a sonne,Qua post conceptum edente filium, 11She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.Disse ella: Fortuna: e chiamollo perciò col nome di Gad.she said: Happely. And therfore called his name Gad.dixit: Feliciter, et idcirco vocavit nomen ejus Gad. 12Zelpha also bore another.Ne partorì Zelpha anche un altro.Zelpha also bare an other.Peperit quoque Zelpha alterum. 13And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.E Lia disse: Questo è per mia beatitudine: perocché beata mi diranno le donne: per questo lo chiamò Aser.And Lia said: This is for my blessednes: for wemen wil cal me blessed. Therfore she called him, Aser.Dixitque Lia: Hoc pro beatitudine mea: beatam quippe me dicent mulieres: propterea appellavit eum Aser. 14And Ruben going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son’s mandrakes.Ma essendo Ruben andato alla campagna in tempo che mietevasi il grano, trovò delle mandragore, le quali egli portò a sua madre Lia. Ma Rachele disse: Fammi parte delle mandragore di tuo figlio.And Ruben going forth in the time of wheat haruest into the field, found mandragores: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Geue me part of thy sonnes mandragores.Egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeæ in agrum, reperit mandragoras, quas matri Liæ detulit. Dixitque Rachel: Da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui. 15She answered: Dost thou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, unless thou take also my son’s mandrakes? Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this night, for thy son’s mandrakes.Rispose quella: Ti sembra egli poco l'avermi rapito il consorte, se non mi togli anche le mandragore del mio figlio? Disse Rachele: Dorma egli questa notte con te in ricompensa delle mandragore di tuo figlio.She answered: Doest thou thinke it a smal matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, vnlesse thou take also my sonnes mandragores? Rachel said: For thy sonnes mandragores let him sleepe with thee this night.Illa respondit: Parumne tibi videtur quod præripueris maritum mihi, nisi etiam mandragoras filii mei tuleris ? Ait Rachel: Dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui.

16And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes. And he slept with her that night.E tornando alla sera Giacobbe dalla campagna, uscì incontro a lui Lia, e: Meco, disse, verrai: perché ti ho caparrato col prezzo delle mandragore del mio figliuolo. Ed egli si dormì con lei quella notte.And when Iacob returned at euen from the field, Lia went out to meete him, and said: Companie with me, because with wages I haue hired thee for my sonnes mandragores. And he slept with her that night.Redeuntique ad vesperam Jacob de agro, egressa est in occursum ejus Lia, et Ad me, inquit, intrabis: quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei. Dormivitque cum ea nocte illa. 17And God heard her prayers; and she conceived: and bore a fifth son:E il Signore esaudì le preghiere di lei: e concepì, e partorì il quinto figliuolo,And God heard her prayers: and she conceaued and bare the fifth sonne,Et exaudivit Deus preces ejus, concepitque et peperit filium quintum, 18And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.E disse: Il Signore mi ha renduta mercede, perché diedi la mia schiava a mio marito: e gli diede il nome d'Issachar.and said: God hath geuen me a reward, because I gaue my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.et ait: Dedit Deus mercedem mihi, quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo: appellavitque nomen ejus Issachar. 19And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,E di bel nuovo Lia concepì, e partorì il sesto figliuolo,Againe Lia conceauing, bare the sixt sonne,Rursum Lia concipiens, peperit sextum filium, 20And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry; this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.E disse: Il Signore mi ha dotata di buona dote: anche questa volta si starà con me il mio marito per avergli io fatti sei figliuoli: e per questo chiamollo col nome di Zabulon.and said: God hath endowed me with a good dowrie: this turne also my husband wil be with me, for because I haue borne him six sonnes, and therfore she called his name, Zabulon.et ait: Dotavit me Deus dote bona: etiam hac vice mecum erit maritus meus, eo quod genuerim ei sex filios: et idcirco appellavit nomen ejus Zabulon. 21After whom she bore a daughter, named Dina.Dopo di questo partorì una figlia per nome Dina.After whom she bare a daughter, named Dina.Post quem peperit filiam, nomine Dinam. 22The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb.Ricordatosi il Signore anche di Rachele la esaudì, e la rendé feconda.Our Lord also remembring Rachel, heard her, and opened her wombe.Recordatus quoque Dominus Rachelis, exaudivit eam, et aperuit vulvam ejus.

23And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.E concepì, e partorì un figliuolo, dicendo: Il Signore ha tolto il mio obbrobrio.Who conceaued, and bare a sonne, saying: God hath taken away my reproch.Quæ concepit, et peperit filium, dicens: Abstulit Deus opprobrium meum. 24And she called his name Joseph: saying: The Lord give me also another son.E chiamollo col nome di Giuseppe, dicendo: Il Signore diami ancora un altro figliuolo.And she called his name, Ioseph, saying: Our Lord adde to me an other sonne.Et vocavit nomen ejus Joseph, dicens: Addat mihi Dominus filium alterum. 25And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father-in-law: Send me away, that I may return into my country, and to my land.Ma nato che fu Giuseppe, disse Giacobbe al suo suocero: Dammi licenza, che io me ne torni alla patria, e nella mia terra.And when Ioseph was borne, Iacob said to his father in lawe: Dismisse me that I may returne into my countrie, and to my land.Nato autem Joseph, dixit Jacob socero suo: Dimitte me ut revertar in patriam, et ad terram meam. 26Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.Dammi le mogli, e i miei figliuoli, per li quali sono stato a' tuoi servigi, affinché io me ne vada: tu sai qual sorte di servigio sia stato il mio.Geue me my wiues, and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the seruice that I haue serued thee.Da mihi uxores, et liberos meos, pro quibus servivi tibi, ut abeam: tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi. 27Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.Disse a lui Laban: Possa io trovar grazia dinanzi a te: io ho conosciuto alla prova, che Dio mi ha benedetto per causa tua.Laban said to him: Let me finde grace in thy sight: I haue learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake:Ait illi Laban: Inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo, experimento didici, quia benedixerit mihi Deus propter te: 28Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.Determina tu la ricompensa, ch'io debba darti.appoint thee wages which I shal geue thee.constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi. 29But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.Ma quegli rispose: Tu sai in qual modo ti ho servito, e quanto sieno augumentati nelle mani mie i tuoi beni.But he answered: Thou knowest how I haue serued thee, and how great thy possession hath benne in my hands.At ille respondit: Tu nosti quomodo servierim tibi, et quanta in manibus meis fuerit possessio tua.

30Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable, therefore, that I should now provide also for my own house.Poco tu avevi prima ch'io venissi a te: ora sei divenuto ricco: e il Signore ti ha benedetto alla mia venuta. È adunque giusto, che io pensi una volta anche alla casa mia.Thou hadest a smal thing before I came to thee, and now thou art made rich: and our Lord hath blessed thee at my comming in. It is reason therfore that once I prouide also for mine owne house.Modicum habuisti antequam venirem ad te, et nunc dives effectus es: benedixitque tibi Dominus ad introitum meum. Justum est igitur ut aliquando provideam etiam domui meæ. 31And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing; but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed and keep thy sheep again.E Laban gli disse: Che ti darò io? Ma quegli replicò: Non voglio nulla ma se farai quello ch'io chiedo, pascerò di nuovo le tue pecore, e n'avrò cura,And Laban said: What shal I geue thee? But he said: I wil nothing: but if thou wilt doe that which I demande, I wil fede, and kepe thy sheepe again.Dixitque Laban: Quid tibi dabo ? At ille ait: Nihil volo: sed si feceris quod postulo, iterum pascam, et custodiam pecora tua. 32Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled; and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall be my wages.Raduna insieme tutti i tuoi greggi, e metti da parte tutte le pecore variegate, e macchiate di pelame: e tutto quello che verrà fosco, e macchiato, e vario tanto di pecore, che di capre, sarà la mia mercede.Goe round about al thy flockes, and separate al the shepe of diuers colours, of speckled flyse: and what soeuer shal be russet and spotted, and of diuers colours, aswel in the shepe, as in the goates, shal be my wages.Gyra omnes greges tuos, et separa cunctas oves varias, et sparso vellere; quodcumque furvum, et maculosum, variumque fuerit, tam in ovibus quam in capris, erit merces mea. 33And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee, when the time of the bargain shall come; and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.E parlerà un dì a mio favore la mia fedeltà, allorché verrà il tempo concordato tra noi: e tutto quello che non sarà di vario colore, o macchiato, o fosco tanto di pecore, come di capre, mi dimostrerà reo di furto.And my iustice shal answer for me to morowe, before thee when the time of the bargaine shal come: and al that shal not be of diuers colours, and spotted, and russet, aswel in the shepe as in the goates, shal accuse me of theft.Respondebitque mihi cras justitia mea, quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te: et omnia quæ non fuerint varia, et maculosa, et furva, tam in ovibus quam in capris, furti me arguent.

34And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.Disse Laban: Mi piace quello che domandi.And Laban said: I like wel that thou demandest.Dixitque Laban: Cratum habeo quod petis. 35And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.E quel giorno separò le capre, e le pecore, e i capri e i montoni di vario colore, e macchiati: e tutto il gregge di un sol colore, cioè di bianco, e nero pelame lo diede in governo de' suoi figliuoli.And he separated the same day the shee goates, and the shepe, and the he goates, and the rammes of diuers colours, and spotted: and al the flocke of one coloure, that is of white and blacke flyse, he deliuered in the hand of his sonnes.Et separavit in die illa capras, et oves, et hircos, et arietes varios, atque maculosos: cunctum autem gregem unicolorem, id est albi et nigri velleris, tradidit in manu filiorum suorum. 36And he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock.E pose una distanza di tre giorni di viaggio tra sé, e il genero, il quale pascolava il rimanente de' suoi greggi.And he put a space of three dayes iourney betwixt him and his sonne in lawe, who fed the rest of his flocke.Et posuit spatium itineris trium dierum inter se et generum, qui pascebat reliquos greges ejus. 37And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.Prese adunque Giacobbe delle verghe di pioppo verdi, e di mandorlo, e di platano, e ne levò parte della corteccia, levata la quale, dove le verghe erano spogliate, spiccò il bianco: e dove non erano state toccate rimasero verdi: onde in tal guisa risultò vario colore.Iacob therfore taking grene roddes of the poplare, and of the almond, and of the plaine trees, in part pilled them: and when the barkes were taken of, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whitnes: but the parts that were whole, remayned grene: and by this meanes the colour was made diuers.Tollens ergo Jacob virgas populeas virides, et amygdalinas, et ex platanis, ex parte decorticavit eas: detractisque corticibus, in his, quæ spoliata fuerant, candor apparuit: illa vero quæ integra fuerant, viridia permanserunt: atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius.

38And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out; that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.E le pose ne' canali, dove gettavasi l'acqua, affinché venute a bere le pecore, avesser dinanzi agli occhi le verghe, e concepissero rimirandole.And he put them in the troughes, where the water was poured out: that when the flockes should come to drinke, they might haue the roddes before their eyes, and in the sight of them conceaue.Posuitque eas in canalibus, ubi effundebatur aqua: ut cum venissent greges ad bibendum, ante oculos haberent virgas, et in aspectu earum conciperent. 39And it came to pass, that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.Ed avvenne, che le pecore in calore miravano le verghe, e figliavano agnelli con macchie, e pezzati, e sparsi di vario colore.And it came to passe that in the verie heate of the ramming, the shepe beheld the roddes, and brought forth spotted, and of diuers colours, and speckled.Factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus, oves intuerentur virgas, et parerent maculosa, et varia, et diverso colore respersa. 40And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban’s, and the rest were Jacob’s, when the flocks were separated one from the other.E Giacobbe divise il gregge, e pose le verghe nei canali davanti agli occhi degli arieti: ed erano di Laban tutti i bianchi, e i neri: gli altri poi tutti di Giacobbe, avendo i greggi separati tra loro.And Iacob diuided the flocke, and put the roddes in the troughes before the eyes of the rammes: and al the white and the blacke were Labans: and the rest, Iacobs, when the flockes were separated one from the other.Divisitque gregem Jacob, et posuit virgas in canalibus ante oculos arietum: erant autem alba et nigra quæque, Laban; cetera vero, Jacob, separatis inter se gregibus. 41So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them.Quando adunque alla primavera dovean concepire le pecore, mettea Giacobbe le verghe ne' canali dell'acqua dinanzi agli occhi dei montoni, e delle pecore, affinché queste concepissero in guardandole:Therfore when the ewes went to ramme, in the prime time, Iacob put the roddes in the troughes of water before the eyes of the rammes, and of the ewes, that in looking vpon them they might conceaue:Igitur quando primo tempore ascendebantur oves, ponebat Jacob virgas in canalibus aquarum ante oculos arietum et ovium, ut in earum contemplatione conciperent:

42But when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, became Laban’s; and they of the first time, Jacob’s.Al tempo poi, in cui le pecore concepiscono, e portano per la seconda volta, non metteva le verghe. E le pecore della seconda eran di Laban: quelle poi della prima figliatura erano di Giacobbe.but when the later comming was, and the last conceauing, he did not put them. And those that were late warde, became Labans: and they of the prime time, Iacobs.quando vero serotina admissura erat, et conceptus extremus, non ponebat eas. Factaque sunt ea quæ erant serotina, Laban: et quæ primi temporis, Jacob. 43And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, camels and asses.E questi si fece ricco formisura, e fece acquisto di molti greggi, di serve, e servi, e di cammelli, e asini.And the man was enriched beyond measure, and he had manie flockes, wemen seruantes and men seruants, camels and asses.Ditatusque est homo ultra modum, et habuit greges multos, ancillas et servos, camelos et asinos.