All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied,“ We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

在城门坐着的众民和长老都说：“我们作见证。愿耶和华使进你家的这女子，像建立以色列家的拉结、利亚二人一样。又愿你在以法他得亨通，在伯利恒得名声。

在城门坐着的所有百姓和长老说：“我们都是证人。愿耶和华使进你家的这女子，像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚二人一样。又愿你在以法他得亨通，在伯利恒有名声。

在城门坐着的所有百姓和长老说：“我们都是证人。愿耶和华使进你家的这女子，像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚二人一样。又愿你在以法他得亨通，在伯利恒有名声。

聚集在城门口的众人和长老都说：“我们愿意作证。愿耶和华使要进你家门的这女子，像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚一样。愿你在以法他家业兴隆，在伯利恒声名远播。

聚集在城门的众人和长老都说：“我们都是见证人。愿耶和华使进你家的这女人，像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚二人一样。愿你在以法他显大，在伯利恒扬名。

在城门口的全体民众和长老们都说：“我们都是见证人！愿耶和华使进到你家的这女子像建立以色列家的瑞秋和莉亚两人那样！愿你在以法塔做大能的事，在伯利恒得名声！

在城門坐着的眾民和長老都說：「我們作見證。願耶和華使進你家的這女子，像建立以色列家的拉結、利亞二人一樣。又願你在以法他得亨通，在伯利恆得名聲。

在城門坐着的所有百姓和長老說：「我們都是證人。願耶和華使進你家的這女子，像建立以色列家的拉結和利亞二人一樣。又願你在以法他得亨通，在伯利恆有名聲。

在城門坐着的所有百姓和長老說：「我們都是證人。願耶和華使進你家的這女子，像建立以色列家的拉結和利亞二人一樣。又願你在以法他得亨通，在伯利恆有名聲。

聚集在城門口的眾人和長老都說：「我們願意作證。願耶和華使要進你家門的這女子，像建立以色列家的拉結和利亞一樣。願你在以法他家業興隆，在伯利恆聲名遠播。

聚集在城門的眾人和長老都說：“我們都是見證人。願耶和華使進你家的這女人，像建立以色列家的拉結和利亞二人一樣。願你在以法他顯大，在伯利恆揚名。

在城門那裏的眾民、以及那些長老都說：『我們作見證。願永恆主使進你家的這女子像建立以色列家的拉結、利亞二人一樣；又願你在以法他大顯才德，願你的名在伯利恆得稱揚；

在城門口的全體民眾和長老們都說：「我們都是見證人！願耶和華使進到你家的這女子像建立以色列家的拉結和莉亞兩人那樣！願你在以法他做大能的事，在伯利恆得名聲！

在邑門之眾、與諸長老曰、我儕為證、願耶和華使適爾家之婦、如拉結利亞、肇造以色列家者、亦願爾稱豪於以法他、得名於伯利恆、

邑門長老與眾俱曰、我儕為證、昔拉結利亞傳嗣於以色列族、願耶和華使適爾家之婦亦若是、亦願爾於以法大得其財貨、於伯利恆播其聲名。

在邑門之眾民及長老曰、我儕為證、願主使入爾家之婦、如昔建立以色列家之拉結利亞二人、亦願爾在以法他居高位、居高位或作所行皆善在伯利恆揚聲名、

Then the elders and all the people at the gate said,“ We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

Then the elders and all the people at the gate said,“ We are witnesses. The woman is coming into your home. May the Lord make her like Rachel and Leah. Together they built up the family of Israel. May you be an important person in Ephrathah. May you be famous in Bethlehem.

Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said,“ We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,

Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied,“ We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said,“ We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

And all the people who were in the court, and the elders, said,“ We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said,“ We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

The elders and all the people who were at the gate said,“ We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

And all the people that[ were] in the gate, and the elders, said,[ We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said,“ We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“ The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ This time I will praise the LORD.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“ Give me children or I’ll die!”Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“ Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”She replied,“ Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.Then Rachel said,“ God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.Then Rachel said,“ I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.Leah said,“ How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.Leah said,“ How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah,“ Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”But Leah replied,“ Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“ All right,” Rachel said,“ he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“ You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations with her that night.God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.Then Leah said,“ God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.Then Leah said,“ God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“ God has taken away my shame.”She named him Joseph, saying,“ May the LORD give me yet another son.”

then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond,“ Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”

They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“ Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath( that is, Bethlehem).Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way.May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

‘ And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

( 5: 1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand.How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

Look, we heard about it in Ephrathah, we found it in the territory of Jaar.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt– Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul( the son of a Canaanite woman).The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah( but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel.These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.The son of Dan: Hushim.The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number.( This number does not include the wives of Jacob’s sons.)Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

They blessed Rebekah with these words:“ Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”

After the plague the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,“ Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.”So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,“ Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.”Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites.These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730.Pallu’s descendant was Eliab.Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.But the descendants of Korah did not die.The Simeonites by their families: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jakin, the family of the Jakinites;from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.The Gadites by their families: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites;from Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites;from Arod, the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites.These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500.The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500.The Issacharites by their families: from Tola, the family of the Tolaites; from Puah, the family of the Puites;from Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; and from Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.These were the families of Issachar, according to those numbered of them, 64,300.The Zebulunites by their families: from Sered, the family of the Sardites; from Elon, the family of the Elonites; from Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500.The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites( now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;from Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; from Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;from Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; from Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700.These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites.These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.The Benjaminites by their families: from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;from Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.These are the Benjaminites, according to their families, and according to those numbered of them, 45,600.These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families.All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400.The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites.From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400.The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites;from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400.These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.Then the LORD spoke to Moses:“ To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.Now the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.For the LORD had said of them,“ They will surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

( Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.