Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
4. And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
4. Et Misit Iahacob, et vocavit Rachel et Leah in agrum ad pecudes
5. And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
5. Qui dixit ad eas, Video faciem patris vestri, quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudiustertius: Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum.
6. And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
6. Et vos nostis, quod omnibus viribus meis servierim patri vestro:
7. And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
7. At pater vester mentitus est mihi, et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus: sed non permisit ei Deus, ut malefaceret mihi.
8. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
8. Si ita dicebat, Punctis parvis respersa erunt merces tua: pariebant omnes pecudes punctis parvis respersa: et si ita dicebat, Lineis distincta erunt merces tua: tunc pariebant omnes pecudes lineis distincta.
9. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
9. Et abstulit Deus pecus patris vestri, et dedit mihi.
10. And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
10. Et fuit, in tempore quo coibant pecudes, levavi oculos meos, et vidi in somnio, et ecce hirci majores ascendebant super capras variegatas, punctis parvis respersas, et maculis latis respersas.