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Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of jacob, the bigamic jealousy between leah and rachel
And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years. And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren. And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me. read more.
And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon. And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi
And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon. And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi
And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die. And Jacob's anger will burn at Rachel, and he will say, Am I instead of God, who kept back from thee the fruit of the belly? And she will say, Behold my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bring forth upon my knees, and I also shall be built from her. read more.
And she will give to him Bilhah her maid for a wife, and Jacob will go in to her. And Bilhah will conceive and will bear to Jacob a son. And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan. And Bilhah, Rachel's maid will yet again conceive and bare a second son to Jacob. And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali. And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son. And Leah will say, In good fortune: and she will call his name Gad. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob. And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher. And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son's apples of mandrakes. And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes. And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son. And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar. And Leah will conceive yet again, and will bear the sixth son to Jacob. And Leah will say, God gave me a good gift; this time will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons. And she will call his name Zebulon. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and she will call her name Dinah. And God will remember Rachel, and God will listen to her, and he will open her womb. And she will conceive and will bare a son, and she will say, God took away my reproach. And she will call his name Joseph, saying, God will add to me another son. And it shall be when Rachel bare Joseph, and Jacob will say to Laban, send me away, and I shall go to my place and to my land.
And she will give to him Bilhah her maid for a wife, and Jacob will go in to her. And Bilhah will conceive and will bear to Jacob a son. And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan. And Bilhah, Rachel's maid will yet again conceive and bare a second son to Jacob. And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali. And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son. And Leah will say, In good fortune: and she will call his name Gad. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob. And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher. And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son's apples of mandrakes. And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes. And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son. And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar. And Leah will conceive yet again, and will bear the sixth son to Jacob. And Leah will say, God gave me a good gift; this time will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons. And she will call his name Zebulon. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and she will call her name Dinah. And God will remember Rachel, and God will listen to her, and he will open her womb. And she will conceive and will bare a son, and she will say, God took away my reproach. And she will call his name Joseph, saying, God will add to me another son. And it shall be when Rachel bare Joseph, and Jacob will say to Laban, send me away, and I shall go to my place and to my land.
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of abraham, on account of hagar
And Sarai will say to Abram, My wrong upon thee: I gave my maid servant into thy bosom, and she will see that she conceived, and I shall be despised in her eyes. Jehovah will judge between me and between thee.
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And she will say to Abraham, Cast out this maid-servant and her son; for the son of this maid-servant shall not inherit with my son, with Isaak. And the word was greatly evil in the eyes of Abraham, on account of his son.
Family » Instances of infelicity in » David and michal
And the ark of Jehovah was coming to the city of David, and Michal, Saul's daughter, looked forth without the window, and she will see king David being strengthened and leaping before Jehovah, and she will despise him in her heart.
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And David turned back to bless his house. And Michal, Saul's daughter, will go forth to the meeting of David, and she will say, How honored the king of Israel this day who was uncovered this day to the eyes of the maids of his servants as one of the worthless uncovering was uncovered! And David will say to Michal, Before Jehovah who chose in me above thy father and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: and I played before Jehovah. And I was vile yet above this and I was humbled in mine eyes, and with the maids of which thou spakest with them I shall be honored. read more.
And to Michal, Saul's daughter, there was no child to her even to the day of her death.
And to Michal, Saul's daughter, there was no child to her even to the day of her death.
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Ahasuerus, on account of vashti's refusing to appear before his drunken advisorss
In the seventh day, as the heart of the king being good with wine, he said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs serving the face of king Ahasuerus, To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown of the kingdom, to cause the people and the chiefs to see her beauty: for she was good of appearance. And the queen Vashti will refuse to come in at the word of the king which was by the hand of the eunuchs: and the king will be angry greatly, and his wrath burnt in him. read more.
And the king will say to the wise knowing the times, (for thus spake the king before all knowing the edict and judgment: And there drew near to him Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven chiefs of Persia and Media, seeing the face of the king, sitting the first in the kingdom;) According to the edict what to do against the queen Vashti, for that she did not the word of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs? And Memucan will say before the king, Not against the king alone did Vashti the queen do evil, but against all the chiefs and against all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. For the word of the queen will go forth ball the women to cause their husbands to be despised in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she came not And this day shall the chief ladies of Persia and Media say, which heard the word of the queen to all the chiefs of the king, and according to contempt and reproach. If good to the king, the word of the kingdom shall go forth from before him, and it shall be written in the edict of the Persians and Medea, and it shall not pass away, that Vashti shall not come before the king Ahasuerus; and the king shall give her kingdom to her companion good above her. And the decree of the king which he shall make being heard in all his kingdom, (for it is great,) and all the women shall give honor to their husbands, to the great and even to the small. And the word will be good in the eyes of the king and the chiefs; and the king will do according to the word of Memucan. And he will send letters to all the provinces of the king, to provinces and provinces, according to its writing, and to people and people, according to their tongue, for every man to be ruling in his house; and being spoken according to the tongue of his people.
And the king will say to the wise knowing the times, (for thus spake the king before all knowing the edict and judgment: And there drew near to him Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven chiefs of Persia and Media, seeing the face of the king, sitting the first in the kingdom;) According to the edict what to do against the queen Vashti, for that she did not the word of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs? And Memucan will say before the king, Not against the king alone did Vashti the queen do evil, but against all the chiefs and against all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. For the word of the queen will go forth ball the women to cause their husbands to be despised in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she came not And this day shall the chief ladies of Persia and Media say, which heard the word of the queen to all the chiefs of the king, and according to contempt and reproach. If good to the king, the word of the kingdom shall go forth from before him, and it shall be written in the edict of the Persians and Medea, and it shall not pass away, that Vashti shall not come before the king Ahasuerus; and the king shall give her kingdom to her companion good above her. And the decree of the king which he shall make being heard in all his kingdom, (for it is great,) and all the women shall give honor to their husbands, to the great and even to the small. And the word will be good in the eyes of the king and the chiefs; and the king will do according to the word of Memucan. And he will send letters to all the provinces of the king, to provinces and provinces, according to its writing, and to people and people, according to their tongue, for every man to be ruling in his house; and being spoken according to the tongue of his people.
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Of isaac, on account of the disagreement between jacob and esau
And make for me dainties as that I loved, and bring it to me, and eating, that my soul shall praise thee before I shall die. And Rebekah heard in the speaking of Isaak to Esau his son: and Esau went to the field to hunt, a hunting, to bring. And Rebekah spake to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying, read more.
Bring to me a hunting, and make for me dainties, and eating, and I will praise thee before Jehovah, before my death. And now my son, hear to my voice, according to that I command thee. Go now to the flocks, and take to me from thence two kids of the she-goats good, and I will make them dainties for thy father, as that he loved. And thou shall bring to thy father, and eating, so that he will praise thee before his death. And Jacob will say to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother a man of hair, and I a smooth man: Perhaps my father will feel me, and I was in his eyes as mocking; and I brought a curse and not a praise. And his mother will say to him, Upon me thy curse my son; only hear to my voice, and go take to me. And he will go, and will take, and bring to his mother: and his mother will make dainties as that his father loved. And Rebekah will take desirable covering of Esau her son, the great, which was with her in the house, and will put upon Jacob her son, the small. And the nakedness of the skins of the shegoats, she put upon his hands and upon the smoothness of his neck. And she will give the dainties, and the bread which she made, into the hand of Jacob her son. And he will go to his father and will say, My father. And he will say, Behold me; who thou my son? And Jacob will say to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I did according to that thou spakest to me: arise, now, sit and eat from my hunting, so that thy soul shall praise me. And Isaak will say to his son, How this, thou wert quick to find my son? and the will say, Because Jehovah thy God caused to meet before me. And Isaak will say to Jacob, Come near, now, and I shall feel thee, my son, if thou this my son Esau or not And Jacob will come near to Isaak his father, and he will feel him, and he will say, The voice, the voice of Jacob; and the hands, the hands of Esau. And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of Esau, his brother of hair: and he will praise him. And he will say, Thou this my son Esau? and he will say, I. And he will say, Bring near to me, and eating of my son's hunting, so that my soul shall praise thee. And he will bring near to him and he will eat: and he will bring wine to him, and he will drink And Isaak his father will say to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son. And he will come near, and will kiss him: and he will smell the smell of his garment, and he will bless him, and he will say, See, the smell of my son as the smell of a field which Jehovah praised. And God will give to thee from the dew of the heavens, and from the fatness of the earth, and a multiude of corn and new wine. And nations shall serve thee, and peoples shall bow down to thee; be lord over thy brother, and thy mother's sons shall bow down to thee: cursed he cursing thee, and blessed he praising thee. And it shall be after that Isaak finished to praise Jacob, and it shall be Jacob going will but go out from the face of Isaak his father, and Esau his brother came from his hunting. And he also will make dainties, and will bring to his father; and he will say to his father, Will my father rise and eat from his son's hunting, that thy soul shall bless me? And Isaak his father will say to him, Who art thou? And he will say, I thy son, thy first-born, Esau. And Isaak will tremble a great trembling, even exceedingly; and he will say, Who now is he having hunted a hunting, and will bring to me, and I ate from all before thou wilt come, and I shall praise him? also he shall be praised. When Esau heard the words of his father, and he will cry out with a great cry, even bitter exceedingly, and he will say to his father, praise me, me also, my father! And he will say, Thy brother came with deceit and he will take thy blessing. And he will say, Is it not that his name was called Jacob? he will defraud me this twice: he took my birthright and behold, now he took my blessing And he will say, Didst thou not put aside a blessing for me? And Isaak will answer and say to Esau, Behold, I made him mighty over thee, and all his brethren I gave to him for servants; and with corn and new wine I supported him: and what shall I do to thee my son? And Esau will say to his father, Is but this one blessing to thee my father? bless me, also me, my father! and Esau will lift up the voice and weep. And Isaak his father will answer and say to him, Behold, from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and from the dew of the heavens above. And by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall be when thou shalt wander about and thou shalt break his yoke from thy neck. And Esau will lie in wait for Jacob, because of the blessing which his father blessed him: and Esau will say in his heart, The days of mourning of my father will draw near, and I will kill Jacob my brother. And the words of Esau her son, the great, will be announced to Rebekah; and she will send and call to Jacob her son, the small, and she will say to him, Behold, Esau thy brother will avenge himself toward thee by killing thee. And now my son, hear to my voice: and arising escape for thyself to Laban my brother, to Haran. And thou shalt dwell with him days afterwards, until thy brother's wrath shall turn away; Until thy brother's anger turning away from thee, and forgetting what thou didst to him: and I have sent and have taken thee from thence, lest I shall be bereaved of you two in one day. And Rebekah will say to Isaak, I was finished in my life from the face of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob took a wife from the daughters of Heth, as these from the daughters of the land, for what to me life?
Bring to me a hunting, and make for me dainties, and eating, and I will praise thee before Jehovah, before my death. And now my son, hear to my voice, according to that I command thee. Go now to the flocks, and take to me from thence two kids of the she-goats good, and I will make them dainties for thy father, as that he loved. And thou shall bring to thy father, and eating, so that he will praise thee before his death. And Jacob will say to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother a man of hair, and I a smooth man: Perhaps my father will feel me, and I was in his eyes as mocking; and I brought a curse and not a praise. And his mother will say to him, Upon me thy curse my son; only hear to my voice, and go take to me. And he will go, and will take, and bring to his mother: and his mother will make dainties as that his father loved. And Rebekah will take desirable covering of Esau her son, the great, which was with her in the house, and will put upon Jacob her son, the small. And the nakedness of the skins of the shegoats, she put upon his hands and upon the smoothness of his neck. And she will give the dainties, and the bread which she made, into the hand of Jacob her son. And he will go to his father and will say, My father. And he will say, Behold me; who thou my son? And Jacob will say to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I did according to that thou spakest to me: arise, now, sit and eat from my hunting, so that thy soul shall praise me. And Isaak will say to his son, How this, thou wert quick to find my son? and the will say, Because Jehovah thy God caused to meet before me. And Isaak will say to Jacob, Come near, now, and I shall feel thee, my son, if thou this my son Esau or not And Jacob will come near to Isaak his father, and he will feel him, and he will say, The voice, the voice of Jacob; and the hands, the hands of Esau. And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of Esau, his brother of hair: and he will praise him. And he will say, Thou this my son Esau? and he will say, I. And he will say, Bring near to me, and eating of my son's hunting, so that my soul shall praise thee. And he will bring near to him and he will eat: and he will bring wine to him, and he will drink And Isaak his father will say to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son. And he will come near, and will kiss him: and he will smell the smell of his garment, and he will bless him, and he will say, See, the smell of my son as the smell of a field which Jehovah praised. And God will give to thee from the dew of the heavens, and from the fatness of the earth, and a multiude of corn and new wine. And nations shall serve thee, and peoples shall bow down to thee; be lord over thy brother, and thy mother's sons shall bow down to thee: cursed he cursing thee, and blessed he praising thee. And it shall be after that Isaak finished to praise Jacob, and it shall be Jacob going will but go out from the face of Isaak his father, and Esau his brother came from his hunting. And he also will make dainties, and will bring to his father; and he will say to his father, Will my father rise and eat from his son's hunting, that thy soul shall bless me? And Isaak his father will say to him, Who art thou? And he will say, I thy son, thy first-born, Esau. And Isaak will tremble a great trembling, even exceedingly; and he will say, Who now is he having hunted a hunting, and will bring to me, and I ate from all before thou wilt come, and I shall praise him? also he shall be praised. When Esau heard the words of his father, and he will cry out with a great cry, even bitter exceedingly, and he will say to his father, praise me, me also, my father! And he will say, Thy brother came with deceit and he will take thy blessing. And he will say, Is it not that his name was called Jacob? he will defraud me this twice: he took my birthright and behold, now he took my blessing And he will say, Didst thou not put aside a blessing for me? And Isaak will answer and say to Esau, Behold, I made him mighty over thee, and all his brethren I gave to him for servants; and with corn and new wine I supported him: and what shall I do to thee my son? And Esau will say to his father, Is but this one blessing to thee my father? bless me, also me, my father! and Esau will lift up the voice and weep. And Isaak his father will answer and say to him, Behold, from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and from the dew of the heavens above. And by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall be when thou shalt wander about and thou shalt break his yoke from thy neck. And Esau will lie in wait for Jacob, because of the blessing which his father blessed him: and Esau will say in his heart, The days of mourning of my father will draw near, and I will kill Jacob my brother. And the words of Esau her son, the great, will be announced to Rebekah; and she will send and call to Jacob her son, the small, and she will say to him, Behold, Esau thy brother will avenge himself toward thee by killing thee. And now my son, hear to my voice: and arising escape for thyself to Laban my brother, to Haran. And thou shalt dwell with him days afterwards, until thy brother's wrath shall turn away; Until thy brother's anger turning away from thee, and forgetting what thou didst to him: and I have sent and have taken thee from thence, lest I shall be bereaved of you two in one day. And Rebekah will say to Isaak, I was finished in my life from the face of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob took a wife from the daughters of Heth, as these from the daughters of the land, for what to me life?
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Moses and zipporah
And Zipporah will take a stone, and will cut off the uncircumcision her son, and will come to his feet, and will say, For a spouse of bloods, thou to me. And he will desist from him: then she said, A husband of bloods, for the circumcision.
Family » Instances of infelicity in » Elkanah, on account of bigamic feuds
And the day will be and Elkanah will sacrifice, and he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughter, portions And to Hannah he will give one portion more, for he loved Hannah; and Jehovah. shut up her womb. Being grieved, her distress grieved her so that she was moved because Jehovah shut up about her womb read more.
And so she will do year by year when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she will be grieved, and she will weep and will not eat
And so she will do year by year when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she will be grieved, and she will weep and will not eat