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tary with me. ²⁰Iacob therfore serued for Rachel seauen yeares: and they seemed a few dayes because of the greatnes of his loue. ²¹And he said to Laban: giue me my wife: because now the time is complete, that I may companie with her. ²²Who hauing bid a great number of his freinds to the feast, made the mariage. ²³And at night ^[1] he brought in Lia his daughter to him, ²⁴giuing his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. With whom when Iacob had companied after the manner, when morning was come he saw Lia: ²⁵and he said to his father in law: What is it that thou didest meane to doe? did not I serue thee for Rachel? why hast thou deceiued me? ²⁶Laban answered: It is not the custome in this place, that we bestow the younger in mariage first. ²⁷Make vp the ^[2] weeke of dayes of this match: and I wil giue thee this same also, for the worke that thou shalt serue me other seauen yeares. ²⁸He yealded to his pleasure; and after the weeke was past, he maried Rachel to wife: ²⁹to whom her father had deliuered Bala for to be her seruant. ³⁰And hauing at length obteined the mariage that he wished, he preferred the loue of the later before the former, seruing with him other seauen yeares. ³¹And our Lord seing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, her sister remaining barren. ³²Who conceaued and bare a sonne, and called his name Ruben, saying: Our Lord saw mine affliction: now my husband wil loue me. ³³And againe she conceaued and bare a sonne, and said: For because our Lord heard that I was contemned, he hath giuen this also to me: and she called his name Simeon. ³⁴And she conceaued the third time, and bare another sonne: and said: Now also my husband wil be ioyned to me, for because I haue borne him three sonnes: and therfore she called his name, Leui. ³⁵The fourth time she conceaued and bare a sonne, and said: Now wil I confesse to our Lord. And for this she called him Iuda: And she left bearing.

 

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CHAP. XXX.

 

Rachel yet barren, deliuereth her handmaid to Iacob, who beareth two sonnes. 9. Lia ceasing to beare giueth her handmaid also, and she beareth two more. 17. Then Lia beareth other two sonnes and one daughter. 22. Rachel beareth Ioseph. 25. Iacob desirous to returne home, is hyred to stay for a certaine part of the stockes increase. 43. Wherby he becommeth exceeding rich.

 

AND Rachel seing she was vnfruitful, ^[3] enuied her sister, and said to her husband: Giue me children, otherwise I shal dye. ²With whom Iacob being angrie answered: Am I as God, who hath depriued thee of the fruit of thy wombe? ³But she said: I haue here my seruant Bala: Companie with her, that she may beare vpon my knees,

1. Laban grieuously offended, neither could Lia be excused, but Iacob was innocent in this fact.
2. After seauen daies he had Rachel who was his first spouse. S. Hierom. Tradit. Heb. S. Aug. q. 89. in Gen.
3. Not properly enuie, but griefe & lawful emulation. S. Aug. li. 22. c. 54. cont. Faust.