GENESIS Chapter 29
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29:1 Jacob
continued on his way and went toward the land of the East. |
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29:2 Suddenly he
came upon a well out in the fields with three flocks of sheep lying around
it. The flocks were watered from this well, which had a large stone over the
opening. |
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29:3 Whenever all
the flocks came together there, the shepherds would roll the stone back and
water them. Then they would put the stone back in place. |
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29:4 Jacob asked
the shepherds, "My friends, where are you from?" "From
Haran," they answered. |
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29:5 He asked,
"Do you know Laban, grandson of Nahor?"
"Yes, we do," they answered. |
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29:6 "Is he
well?" he asked. "He is well," they answered. "Look, here
comes his daughter Rachel with his flock." |
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29:7 Jacob said,
"Since it is still broad daylight and not yet time to bring the flocks
in, why don't you water them and take them back to pasture?" |
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29:8 They answered,
"We can't do that until all the flocks are here and the stone has been
rolled back; then we will water the flocks." |
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29:9 While Jacob
was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with the flock. |
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29:10 When Jacob saw
Rachel with his uncle Laban's flock, he went to the well, rolled the stone
back, and watered the sheep. |
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29:11 Then he kissed
her and began to cry for joy. |
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29:12 He told her,
"I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca." She ran to tell
her father; |
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29:13 and when he
heard the news about his nephew Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him and
kissed him, and brought him into the house. When Jacob told Laban everything
that had happened, |
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29:14 Laban said,
"Yes, indeed, you are my own flesh and blood." Jacob stayed there a
whole month. |
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29:15 Laban said to
Jacob, "You shouldn't work for me for nothing just because you are my
relative. How much pay do you want?" |
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29:16 Laban had two
daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger Rachel. |
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29:17 Leah had
lovely eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. |
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29:18 Jacob was in
love with Rachel, so he said, "I will work seven years for you, if you
will let me marry Rachel." |
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29:19 Laban
answered, "I would rather give her to you than to anyone else; stay here
with me." |
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29:20 Jacob worked
seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few
days to him, because he loved her. |
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29:21 Then Jacob
said to Laban, "The time is up; let me marry your daughter." |
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29:22
So Laban
gave a wedding feast and invited everyone. |
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29:23 But that
night, instead of Rachel, he took Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had intercourse
with her. |
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29:24 (Laban gave
his slave woman Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her
maid.) |
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29:25 Not until the
next morning did Jacob discover that it was Leah. He went to Laban and said,
"Why did you do this to me? I worked to get Rachel. Why have you tricked
me?" |
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29:26 Laban
answered, "It is not the custom here to give the younger daughter in
marriage before the older. |
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29:27 Wait until the
week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you
will work for me another seven years." |
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29:28 Jacob agreed,
and when the week of marriage celebrations was over, Laban gave him his
daughter Rachel as his wife. |
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29:29 (Laban gave
his slave woman Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as
her maid.) |
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29:30 Jacob had
intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Then he worked
for Laban another seven years. |
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29:31
When the LORD
saw that Leah was loved less than Rachel, he made it possible for her to have
children, but Rachel remained childless. |
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29:32 Leah became
pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, "The LORD has seen my
trouble, and now my husband will love me"; so she named him Reuben. |
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29:33 She became
pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "The LORD has
given me this son also, because he heard that I was not loved"; so she
named him Simeon. |
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29:34 Once again she
became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She said, "Now my husband
will be bound more tightly to me, because I have borne him three sons";
so she named him Levi. |
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29:35 Then she
became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "This
time I will praise the LORD"; so she named him Judah. Then she stopped
having children. |
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