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And Leah saw that she had ceased from bearing. And she took Zilpah, her slave-girl, and gave her to Jacob for a wife.

And Leah said, In my happiness; for the daughters shall call me happy. And she called his name Asher.

And she said to her, is your taking my husband a little thing ? Will you also take my son's love-apples? And Rachel said, So he shall be with you tonight, for your son's love apples.

And Jacob came in from the field at evening. And Leah went out to meet him. And she said, You must come in to me, for hiring I have hired you with my son's love-apples. And he lay with her during that night.

Give my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go. For you know my service with which I have served you.

For little was yours before my presence, and it has spread out into a host. And Jehovah has blessed you at my foot. And now when shall I work for my house, I also?

And 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 remain. I will feed your flock and keep it.

And my righteousness shall testify for me in the day to come. When you come in about my wages, before your face everyone that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the lambs, it is stolen with me.

And Jacob took for himself white rods of a fresh tree, and the almond and plane tree. And he peeled white stripes in them, laying bare the white on the rods.

And the flocks being feeble, he did not set them . And usually it happened that the weak were for Laban, and the strong for Jacob.

And Jacob sent and called for Rachel and for Leah to come to the field, to his flocks.

And He said, Lift up your eyes and see all the rams leaping on the flock; they are striped, speckled and spotted. For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

Are we not counted strangers by him. For he has sold us, and selling he has sold us for silver.

For all the wealth which God has taken from our father, it is for us and for our sons. And now all that which God has said to you, do.

And Jacob deceived the heart of Laban the Syrian, for he did not tell him that he was about to flee.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Watch out for yourself, that you not speak with Jacob from good to evil.

It is in the power of my hand to do you harm. But the God of your fathers spoke to me last night, saying, Watch out for yourself that you do not speak with Jacob from good to evil.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid. For I said, Lest by force you take your daughters from me.

With whomever you find your gods, he shall not live before our brothers here. See for yourself what is with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

And she said to her father, Let no anger be in the eyes of my lord, for I am not able to rise before your face, for the way of women is to me. And he searched for and did not find the household idols.