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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