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1 Then Ja­cob went on his jour­ney, and came into the land of the peo­ple of the east. 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. 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. 4 And Ja­cob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Ha­ran are we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye La­ban the son of Na­hor? And they said, We know him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, be­hold, Rachel his daugh­ter cometh with the sheep. 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. 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. 9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 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. 11 And Ja­cob kissed Rachel, and lift­ed up his voice, and wept. 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. 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. 14 And La­ban said to him, Sure­ly thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 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? 16 And La­ban had two daugh­ters: the name of the el­der was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was ten­der eyed; but Rachel was beau­ti­ful and well favoured. 18 And Ja­cob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee sev­en years for Rachel thy younger daugh­ter. 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. 20 And Ja­cob served sev­en years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Ja­cob said unto La­ban, Give me my wife, for my days are ful­filled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And La­ban gath­ered to­geth­er all the men of the place, and made a feast. 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. 24 And La­ban gave unto his daugh­ter Leah Zil­pah his maid for an hand­maid. 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? 26 And La­ban said, It must not be so done in our coun­try, to give the younger be­fore the first­born. 27 Ful­fil her week, and we will give thee this also for the ser­vice which thou shalt serve with me yet sev­en oth­er years. 28 And Ja­cob did so, and ful­filled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daugh­ter to wife al­so. 29 And La­ban gave to Rachel his daugh­ter Bil­hah his hand­maid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet sev­en oth­er years. 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hat­ed, he opened her womb: but Rachel was bar­ren. 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. 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. 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. 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.