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

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:

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:

29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we:

29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know:

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:

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:

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:

29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father' s sheep: for she kept them:

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:

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

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

29:17 Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured:

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

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:

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:

29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her:

29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast:

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:

29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid:

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:

29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn:

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:

29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also:

29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid:

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:

29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren:

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:

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:

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:

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: