29Genesis 29

1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.Select Genesis 29:1

2And 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.Select Genesis 29:2

3And 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 its place.Select Genesis 29:3

4And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence [are] ye? And they said, We [are] from Haran.Select Genesis 29:4

5And he said to them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they said, We know [him].Select Genesis 29:5

6And he said to them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.Select Genesis 29:6

7And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that the cattle should be collected: water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them].Select Genesis 29:7

8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks are collected, and [till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.Select Genesis 29:8

9And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.Select Genesis 29:9

10And 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.Select Genesis 29:10

11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.Select Genesis 29:11

12And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's brother, and that he [was] Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.Select Genesis 29:12

13And 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.Select Genesis 29:13

14And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh: and he abode with him the space of a month.Select Genesis 29:14

15And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be]?Select Genesis 29:15

16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.Select Genesis 29:16

17Leah [was] tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.Select Genesis 29:17

18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.Select Genesis 29:18

19And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.Select Genesis 29:19

20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.Select Genesis 29:20

21And Jacob said to Laban, Give [me] my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may go in to her.Select Genesis 29:21

22And Laban assembled all the men of the place, and made a feast.Select Genesis 29:22

23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.Select Genesis 29:23

24And Laban gave to his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid [for] a handmaid.Select Genesis 29:24

25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? why then hast thou deceived me?Select Genesis 29:25

26And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.Select Genesis 29:26

27Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.Select Genesis 29:27

28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.Select Genesis 29:28

29And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid.Select Genesis 29:29

30And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.Select Genesis 29:30

31And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel [was] barren.Select Genesis 29:31

32And Leah conceived, and bore 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.Select Genesis 29:32

33And she conceived again, and bore 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.Select Genesis 29:33

34And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband adhere to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.Select Genesis 29:34

35And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.Select Genesis 29:35