Genesi 30:6-16

6 E Rachele disse: "Iddio m’ha reso giustizia, ha anche ascoltato la mia voce, e m’ha dato un figliuolo". Perciò gli pose nome Dan.
7 E Bilha, serva di Rachele, concepì ancora e partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.
8 E Rachele disse: "Io ho sostenuto con mia sorella lotte di Dio, e ho vinto". Perciò gli pose nome Neftali.
9 Lea, vedendo che avea cessato d’aver figliuoli, prese la sua serva Zilpa e la diede a Giacobbe per moglie.
10 E Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.
11 E Lea disse: "Che fortuna!" E gli pose nome Gad.
12 Poi Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.
13 E Lea disse: "Me felice! ché le fanciulle mi chiameranno beata. Perciò gli pose nome Ascer.
14 Or Ruben uscì, al tempo della mietitura del grano, e trovò delle mandragole per i campi, e le portò a Lea sua madre. Allora Rachele disse a Lea: "Deh, dammi delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo!"
15 Ed ella le rispose: "Ti par egli poco l’avermi tolto il marito, che mi vuoi togliere anche le mandragole del mio figliuolo?" E Rachele disse: "Ebbene, si giaccia egli teco questa notte, in compenso delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo".
16 E come Giacobbe, in sulla sera, se ne tornava dai campi, Lea uscì a incontrarlo, e gli disse: "Devi entrare da me; poiché io t’ho accaparrato con le mandragole del mio figliuolo". Ed egli si giacque con lei quella notte.

Genesi 30:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 30

This chapter gives an account of Rachel's envy of her sister for her fruitfulness, and of her earnest desire of having children, which she expressed to Jacob in an unbecoming manner, for which he reproved her, Ge 30:1,2, of her giving her maid Bilhah to Jacob, by whom he had two sons, Dan and Naphtali, Ge 30:3-8; and of Leah's giving her maid Zilpah to him, by whom he had two other sons, Gad and Asher, Ge 30:9-13; and of Reuben's mandrakes he found in the field, and the agreement made between Rachel and Leah about them, Ge 30:14-16; and of Leah's bearing Jacob two more sons and one daughter, Ge 30:17-21, and of Rachel's also bearing him a son, whose name was Joseph, Ge 30:22-24; upon which he desires leave of Laban to depart into his own country, his time of servitude being up, Ge 30:25,26; which brought on a new agreement between him and Laban, that for the future he should have all the speckled, spotted, and brown cattle for his service, Ge 30:27-36; and the chapter is concluded with an account of a cunning scheme of Jacob's to increase that sort of cattle, which succeeded, and by which he became rich, Ge 30:37-43.

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