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Then Jacob[H3290] went on[H5375] his journey[H7272], and came[H3212] into the land[H776] of the people[H1121] of the east[H6924].
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And he looked[H7200], and behold a well[H875] in the field[H7704], and, lo, there were three[H7969]flocks[H5739] of sheep[H6629]lying[H7257] by it; for out of that well[H875] they watered[H8248] the flocks[H5739]: and a great[H1419]stone[H68] was upon the well[H875]'s mouth[H6310].
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And thither were all the flocks[H5739]gathered[H622]: and they rolled[H1556] the stone[H68] from the well's mouth[H6310], and watered[H8248] the sheep[H6629], and put[H7725] the stone[H68]again[H7725] upon the well's mouth[H6310] in his place[H4725].
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto them, My brethren[H251], whence[H370] be ye? And they said[H559], Of Haran[H2771] are we.
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And he said[H559] unto them, Know[H3045] ye Laban[H3837] the son[H1121] of Nahor?[H5152] And they said[H559], We know[H3045] him.
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And he said[H559] unto them, Is he well?[H7965] And they said[H559], He is well[H7965]: and, behold, Rachel[H7354] his daughter[H1323]cometh[H935] with the sheep[H6629].
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And he said[H559], Lo[H2005], it is yet high[H1419]day[H3117], neither is it time[H6256] that the cattle[H4735] should be gathered together[H622]: water[H8248] ye the sheep[H6629], and go[H3212] and feed[H7462] them.
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And they said[H559], We cannot[H3201], until all the flocks[H5739] be gathered together[H622], and till they roll[H1556] the stone[H68] from the well's mouth[H6310]; then we water[H8248] the sheep[H6629].
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And while he yet[H5750]spake[H1696] with them[H7462], Rachel[H7354]came[H935] with her father's sheep[H6629]: for she kept them[H7462].
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And it came to pass, when Jacob[H3290]saw[H7200]Rachel[H7354] the daughter[H1323] of Laban[H3837] his mother's brother[H251], and the sheep[H6629] of Laban[H3837] his mother's brother[H251], that Jacob[H3290] went near[H5066], and rolled[H1556] the stone[H68] from the well's mouth[H6310], and watered[H8248] the flock[H6629] of Laban[H3837] his mother's brother[H251].
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And Jacob[H3290]kissed[H5401]Rachel[H7354], and lifted up[H5375] his voice[H6963], and wept[H1058].
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And Jacob[H3290]told[H5046]Rachel[H7354] that he was her father[H1]'s brother[H251], and that he was Rebekah's son[H1121]: and she ran[H7323] and told[H5046] her father[H1].
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And it came to pass, when Laban[H3837]heard[H8085] the tidings[H8088] of Jacob[H3290] his sister's son[H1121], that he ran[H7323] to meet[H7125] him, and embraced[H2263] him, and kissed[H5401] him, and brought[H935] him to his house[H1004]. And he told[H5608]Laban[H3837] all these things[H1697].
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559] to him, Surely[H389] thou art my bone[H6106] and my flesh[H1320]. And he abode[H3427] with him the space[H3117] of a month[H2320].
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559] unto Jacob[H3290], Because thou art my brother[H251], shouldest thou therefore serve[H5647] me for nought?[H2600]tell[H5046] me, what shall thy wages[H4909] be?
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And Laban[H3837] had two[H8147]daughters[H1323]: the name[H8034] of the elder[H1419] was Leah[H3812], and the name[H8034] of the younger[H6996] was Rachel[H7354].
17Leah[H3812] was tender[H7390]eyed[H5869]; but Rachel[H7354] was beautiful[H3303] and well[H3303]favoured[H4758].
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And Jacob[H3290]loved[H157]Rachel[H7354]; and said[H559], I will serve[H5647] thee seven[H7651]years[H8141] for Rachel[H7354] thy younger[H6996]daughter[H1323].
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559], It is better[H2896] that I give[H5414] her to thee, than that I should give[H5414] her to another[H312]man[H376]: abide[H3427] with me.
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And Jacob[H3290]served[H5647]seven[H7651]years[H8141] for Rachel[H7354]; and they seemed[H5869] unto him but a few[H259]days[H3117], for the love he had[H160] to her.
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto Laban[H3837], Give[H3051] me my wife[H802], for my days[H3117] are fulfilled[H4390], that I may go in[H935] unto her.
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And Laban[H3837] gathered together[H622] all the men[H582] of the place[H4725], and made[H6213] a feast[H4960].
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And it came to pass in[H935] the evening[H6153], that he took[H3947]Leah[H3812] his daughter[H1323], and brought[H935] her to him; and he went in[H935] unto her.
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And Laban[H3837]gave[H5414] unto his daughter[H1323]Leah[H3812]Zilpah[H2153] his maid[H8198] for an handmaid[H8198].
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And it came to pass, that in the morning[H1242], behold, it was Leah[H3812]: and he said[H559] to Laban[H3837], What is this thou hast done[H6213] unto me? did not I serve[H5647] with thee for Rachel?[H7354] wherefore then hast thou beguiled[H7411] me?
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559], It must not be so done[H6213] in our country[H4725], to give[H5414] the younger[H6810]before[H6440] the firstborn[H1067].
27Fulfil[H4390]her[H2063]week[H7620], and we will give[H5414] thee this also for the service[H5656] which thou shalt serve[H5647] with me yet seven[H7651]other[H312]years[H8141].
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And Jacob[H3290]did[H6213] so, and fulfilled[H4390] her week[H7620]: and he gave[H5414] him Rachel[H7354] his daughter[H1323] to wife[H802] also.
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And Laban[H3837]gave[H5414] to Rachel[H7354] his daughter[H1323]Bilhah[H1090] his handmaid[H8198] to be her maid[H8198].
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And he went in[H935] also unto Rachel[H7354], and he loved[H157] also Rachel[H7354] more than Leah[H3812], and served[H5647] with him yet seven[H7651]other[H312]years[H8141].
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And when the LORD[H3068]saw[H7200] that Leah[H3812] was hated[H8130], he opened[H6605] her womb[H7358]: but Rachel[H7354] was barren[H6135].
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And Leah[H3812]conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121], and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Reuben[H7205]: for[H3588] she said[H559], Surely[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath looked[H7200] upon my affliction[H6040]; now therefore[H3588] my husband[H376] will love[H157] me.
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And she conceived[H2029] again, and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and said[H559], Because the LORD[H3068] hath heard[H8085] that I was hated[H8130], he hath therefore given[H5414] me this son[H1121] also: and she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Simeon[H8095].
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And she conceived again[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]; and said[H559], Now this time[H6471] will my husband[H376] be joined[H3867] unto me, because I have born[H3205] him three[H7969]sons[H1121]: therefore was his name[H8034]called[H7121]Levi[H3878].
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And she conceived[H2029] again, and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]: and she said[H559], Now[H6471] will I praise[H3034] the LORD[H3068]: therefore she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Judah[H3063]; and left[H5975]bearing[H3205].