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2 - There He Saw A Well In The Field, With Three Flocks Of Sheep Lying Near It Because The Flocks Were Watered From That Well. The Stone Over The Mouth Of The Well Was Large.
3 - When All The Flocks Were Gathered There, The Shepherds Would Roll The Stone Away From The Well's Mouth And Water The Sheep. Then They Would Return The Stone To Its Place Over The Mouth Of The Well.
6 - Then Jacob Asked Them, "Is He Well?" "Yes, He Is," They Said, "And Here Comes His Daughter Rachel With The Sheep."
7 - "Look," He Said, "The Sun Is Still High; It Is Not Time For The Flocks To Be Gathered. Water The Sheep And Take Them Back To Pasture."
8 - "We Can't," They Replied, "Until All The Flocks Are Gathered And The Stone Has Been Rolled Away From The Mouth Of The Well. Then We Will Water The Sheep."
9 - While He Was Still Talking With Them, Rachel Came With Her Father's Sheep, For She Was A Shepherdess.
10 - When Jacob Saw Rachel Daughter Of Laban, His Mother's Brother, And Laban's Sheep, He Went Over And Rolled The Stone Away From The Mouth Of The Well And Watered His Uncle's Sheep.
12 - He Had Told Rachel That He Was A Relative Of Her Father And A Son Of Rebekah. So She Ran And Told Her Father.
13 - As Soon As Laban Heard The News About Jacob, His Sister's Son, He Hurried To Meet Him. He Embraced Him And Kissed Him And Brought Him To His Home, And There Jacob Told Him All These Things.
14 - Then Laban Said To Him, "You Are My Own Flesh And Blood." After Jacob Had Stayed With Him For A Whole Month,
15 - Laban Said To Him, "Just Because You Are A Relative Of Mine, Should You Work For Me For Nothing? Tell Me What Your Wages Should Be."
16 - Now Laban Had Two Daughters; The Name Of The Older Was Leah, And The Name Of The Younger Was Rachel.
18 - Jacob Was In Love With Rachel And Said, "I'll Work For You Seven Years In Return For Your Younger Daughter Rachel."
20 - So Jacob Served Seven Years To Get Rachel, But They Seemed Like Only A Few Days To Him Because Of His Love For Her.
23 - But When Evening Came, He Took His Daughter Leah And Gave Her To Jacob, And Jacob Lay With Her.
25 - When Morning Came, There Was Leah! So Jacob Said To Laban, "What Is This You Have Done To Me? I Served You For Rachel, Didn't I? Why Have You Deceived Me?"
26 - Laban Replied, "It Is Not Our Custom Here To Give The Younger Daughter In Marriage Before The Older One.
27 - Finish This Daughter's Bridal Week; Then We Will Give You The Younger One Also, In Return For Another Seven Years Of Work."
28 - And Jacob Did So. He Finished The Week With Leah, And Then Laban Gave Him His Daughter Rachel To Be His Wife.
30 - Jacob Lay With Rachel Also, And He Loved Rachel More Than Leah. And He Worked For Laban Another Seven Years.
32 - Leah Became Pregnant And Gave Birth To A Son. She Named Him Reuben, For She Said, "It Is Because The Lord Has Seen My Misery. Surely My Husband Will Love Me Now."
33 - She Conceived Again, And When She Gave Birth To A Son She Said, "Because The Lord Heard That I Am Not Loved, He Gave Me This One Too." So She Named Him Simeon.
34 - Again She Conceived, And When She Gave Birth To A Son She Said, "Now At Last My Husband Will Become Attached To Me, Because I Have Borne Him Three Sons." So He Was Named Levi.
35 - She Conceived Again, And When She Gave Birth To A Son She Said, "This Time I Will Praise The Lord ." So She Named Him Judah. Then She Stopped Having Children.