Genesis 30

Genesis 30 read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew — plain modern English, nothing added. Translator's notes: • Genesis 30:8 — נַפְתּוּלֵי אֱלֹהִים (naftulei Elohim): chose "Wrestlings of Elohim". Alternatives: "great wrestlings", "wrestlings of God". Why: the phrase is a wordplay on Naphtali's name; keeping "wrestlings" preserves the naming link the Hebrew makes. • Genesis 30:11 — בָּא גָד (ba gad): chose "Good fortune has come". Alternatives: "A troop comes". Why: the written text and the read text differ here, and "fortune" fits both the sound-play on Gad and Leah's naming speeches in this chapter. • Genesis 30:27 — נִחַשְׁתִּי (nichashti): chose "I have learned by divination". Alternatives: "I have learned by experience", "I have observed". Why: the verb's root is the word for divination/omens; Laban credits an omen-reading, not ordinary observation.