GE-29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land
of the
people of the east.
GE-29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo,
there
[were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well
they
watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well's
mouth.
GE-29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they
rolled the
stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the
stone
again upon the well's mouth in his place.
GE-29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye?
And
they said, Of Haran [are] we.
GE-29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?
And
they said, We know [him].
GE-29:6 And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He
is]
well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
GE-29:7 And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it]
time
that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep,
and
go [and] feed [them].
GE-29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be
gathered
together, and [till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth;
then
we water the sheep.
GE-29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her
father's sheep: for she kept them.
GE-29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's
brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the
well's
mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
GE-29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and
wept.
GE-29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's
brother,
and that he [was] Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
GE-29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of
Jacob
his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and
kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all
these
things.
GE-29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my
flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
GE-29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my
brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what
[shall]
thy wages [be]?
GE-29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder
[was]
Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.
GE-29:17 Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and
well
favoured.
GE-29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee
seven
years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
GE-29:19 And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee,
than
that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
GE-29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they
seemed
unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
GE-29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my
days
are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
GE-29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place,
and
made a feast.
GE-29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah
his
daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
GE-29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid
[for]
an handmaid.
GE-29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it
[was]
Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto
me? did
not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou
beguiled
me?
GE-29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country,
to
give the younger before the firstborn.
GE-29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for
the
service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
GE-29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave
him
Rachel his daughter to wife also.
GE-29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to
be her maid.
GE-29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also
Rachel
more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
GE-29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened
her
womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
GE-29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his
name
Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction;
now therefore my husband will love me.
GE-29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,
Because
the LORD hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath therefore given
me
this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
GE-29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now
this
time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him
three
sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
GE-29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said,
Now
will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and
left
bearing.
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