Genesis 29

1 And Jacob lifted up his feet, and goes toward the land of the sons of the east. 2 And he looked, and look, a well in the field, and look, there were three droves of a flock crouching by it, for they watered the droves from that well, and the great stone was on the mouth of the well. 3 (When all the droves had been gathered there, and they had rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and had watered the flock, then they had turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.) 4 And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.” 5 And he said to them, “Have you known Laban, son of Nahor?” And they said, “We have known.” 6 And he said to them, “Does he have peace?” And they said, “Peace. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the flock.” 7 And he said, “Look, the day is still great, it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the flock, and go, delight yourselves.” 8 And they said, “We are not able, until all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.” 9 He was yet speaking with them, and Rachel had come with the flock which her father had, for she was shepherdess. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob had seen Rachel, daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, and the flock of his mother’s brother Laban, that Jacob came near and rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of his mother’s brother Laban. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept, 12 and Jacob declared to Rachel that he is her father’s brother, and that he is Rebekah’s son, and she ran and declared it to her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the report of his sister’s son Jacob, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him into his house. And he recounted to Laban all these things, 14 and Laban said to him, “You are surely my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him a month of days. 15 And Laban said to Jacob, “Is it because you are my brother that you have served me for nothing? Declare to me what your [hire|?wages are.” 16 And Laban had two daughters, the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel, 17 and the eyes of Leah were tender, and Rachel had been beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel and said, “I serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter”: 19 and Laban said, “It is better for me to give her to you than to give her to another man. Stay with me.” 20 And Jacob served for Rachel seven years. And they were in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her. 21 And Jacob said to Laban, “Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in to her.” 22 And Laban gathered all the men of the place, and made a banquet. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took his daughter Leah, and brought her to him, and he [goes in to|?had relations with her. 24 And Laban gave his maidservant Zilpah to her, to his daughter Leah, for a maidservant. 25 And it came to pass in the morning, that look, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Have I not served with you for Rachel? And why have you deceived me?” 26 And Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfill the period of seven years for this one, and we will also give to you this one, for the service which you serve with me yet seven other years.” 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the period of seven years for this one, and he gave his daughter Rachel to him for a wife for him. 29 And Laban gave his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel for a maidservant for her. 30 And he also goes in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years. 31 And YHWH saw that Leah was the hated one, and He opened her womb, and Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and gave birth to a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because YHWH has looked on my affliction. Because now does my husband love me.” 33 And she conceived again, and gave birth to a son, and said, “Because YHWH has heard that I am the hated one, He also gives to me even this one.” And she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and said, “Now is the time, my husband is joined to me, because I have born to him three sons,” therefore had one called his name Levi. 35 And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and this time said, “I praise YHWH.” Therefore had she called his name Judah. And she ceased from giving birth.


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