And Reubenwent in the days of wheatharvest, and foundmandrakes in the field, and broughtthemunto his motherLeah. ThenRachelsaid to Leah, Give me, I praythee, of thy son’smandrakes.
And she saidunto her, Is it a smallmatterthatthouhasttaken my husband? and wouldestthoutakeaway my son’smandrakesalso? And Rachelsaid, Therefore he shall lie withthee to night for thy son’smandrakes.
And Jacobcame out of the field in the evening, and Leahwent out to meet him, and said, Thoumustcome in unto me; for surely I havehiredtheewith my son’smandrakes. And he lay with her thatnight.
For it was littlewhichthouhadstbefore I came, and it is now increasedunto a multitude; and the LORDhathblessedtheesince my coming: and now whenshall I provide for mine own housealso?
And he said, Whatshall I givethee? And Jacobsaid, Thoushalt not give me any thing: if thouwilt do thisthing for me, I willagainfeed and keep thy flock.
I willpassthrough all thy flock to day, removingfromthence all the speckled and spottedcattle, and all the browncattleamong the sheep, and the spotted and speckledamong the goats: and of suchshall be my hire.
So shall my righteousnessanswer for me in time to come, when it shallcome for my hirebefore thy face: every one that is not speckled and spottedamong the goats, and brownamong the sheep, thatshall be countedstolenwith me.
And he removedthat day the he goatsthatwereringstraked and spotted, and all the she goatsthatwerespeckled and spotted, and every one that had somewhite in it, and all the brownamong the sheep, and gavetheminto the hand of his sons.
And Jacobtook him rods of greenpoplar, and of the hazel and chesnuttree; and pilledwhitestrakes in them, and made the whiteappearwhich was in the rods.
And he set the rodswhich he had pilledbefore the flocks in the gutters in the wateringtroughswhen the flockscame to drink, thattheyshouldconceivewhentheycame to drink.
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flockstoward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not untoLaban’scattle.
And it came to pass, whensoever the strongercattle did conceive, thatJacoblaid the rodsbefore the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, thattheymightconceiveamong the rods.