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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 22, 22 Jan 2026   
      
   1)Genesis 30, Genesis 31   
      
   GENESIS 30   
   1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous   
   of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I will die."   
   2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said,   
   " Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb? "   
   3 Then she said, "Here is my maid Bilhah. Have relations with her so that she   
    may bear a child on my knees, so that I may also have children through her."   
   4 So she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as a wife, and Jacob had relations   
   with her. 5 Bilhah conceived and gave Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, "God has   
    vindicated me, and He has also heard my voice and has given me a son."   
   Therefore she called his name Dan.   
   7 Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and gave Jacob a second son.   
   8 Then Rachel said, "With great wrestling have I wrestled with my sister,   
    and I have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.   
   9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children,   
   she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife.   
   10 Zilpah, Leah's maid, gave Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said,   
   "How fortunate!" So she called his name Gad.   
   12 Zilpah, Leah's maid, gave Jacob a second son.   
   13 Then Leah said, "Happy am I, for women will call me happy."   
   So she called his name Asher.   
   14 At the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes   
    in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,   
   "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."   
   15 Leah said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband?   
    Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?"   
   So Rachel said, "All right, he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your   
   son's mandrakes."   
   16 When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him   
   and said, "You must sleep with me, because I have paid for you   
   with my son's mandrakes."   
   And he slept with her that night.   
   17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and gave Jacob a fifth son.   
   18 Leah said, "God has given me my reward because I have given my maid to   
   my husband." So she called his name Issachar.   
   19 Leah conceived again and gave Jacob a sixth son.   
   20 Leah said, "God has given me a good gift.   
   Now my husband will dwell with me, because I have given him six sons."   
   So she called his name Zebulun.   
   21 Afterwards she gave birth to a daughter and called her name Dinah.   
   22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.   
   23 She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, "God has taken away my   
   reproach."   
   24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The Lord will add to me another   
   son."   
      
   [1] And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her   
   sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.   
   [2] And 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?   
   [3] And 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.   
   [4] And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto   
   her.   
   [5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.   
   [6] And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and   
   hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.   
   [7] And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.   
   [8] And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,   
   and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.   
   [9] When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and   
   gave her Jacob to wife.   
   [10] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.   
   [11] And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.   
   [12] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.   
   [13] And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and   
   she called his name Asher.   
   [14] And 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.   
   [15] And 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.   
   [16] And 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.   
   [17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the   
   fifth son.   
   [18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my   
   maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.   
   [19] And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.   
   [20] And 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.   
   [21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.   
   [22] And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her   
   womb.   
   [23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my   
   reproach:   
   [24] And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me   
   another son.   
      
   Jacob's Agreement With Laban   
      
   25 When Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,   
   "Send me away, so that I may go to my own place, to my country.   
   26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you,   
   and let me go. For you know the service that I have given you."   
   27 Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay.   
   For I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me   
   on account of you." 28 He said, "Name me your wages, and I will give it."   
   29 Jacob said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your livestock   
   have fared with me. 30 For you had little before I came,   
   and it is now increased to a multitude. The Lord has blessed you since I came,   
    and now when may I also provide for my own house?"   
   31 Laban said, "What may I give you?"   
   And Jacob said, "You may not give me anything, but if you will do   
   this one thing for me, I will continue to feed and keep your flock.   
   32 I will pass through all your flock today,   
   removing from it all the speckled and spotted sheep,   
    and every brown sheep from among the lambs,   
   and the spotted and speckled among the goats.   
   These shall be my wages.   
   33 So my integrity will answer for me in time to come.   
   When you come to examine my wages,   
    every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats,   
   and brown among the sheep that are with me will be considered stolen."   
   34 Laban said, "Agreed. Let it be according to your word."   
   35 He removed that day the male goats that were striped   
   and spotted and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted,   
      
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