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Jacob
Meets Rachel |
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Genesis 29:1
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to
the land of the sons of the east. |
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Genesis 29:2
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He looked, and saw a well in the field, and
behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they
watered the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large. |
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Genesis 29:3
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When all the flocks were gathered there, they
would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and
put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well. |
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Genesis 29:4
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Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are
you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran." |
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Genesis 29:5
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He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son
of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him." |
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Genesis 29:6
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And he said to them, "Is it well with him?"
And they said, "It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep."
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Genesis 29:7
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He said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is
not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them."
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Genesis 29:8
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But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks
are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water
the sheep." |
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Genesis 29:9
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While he was still speaking with them, Rachel
came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess. |
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Genesis 29:10
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When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban
his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went
up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the flock of Laban
his mother's brother. |
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Genesis 29:11
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Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted his voice
and wept. |
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Genesis 29:12
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Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of
her father and that he was Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father. |
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Genesis 29:13
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So when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's
son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his
house. Then he related to Laban all these things. |
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Genesis 29:14
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Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and
my flesh." And he stayed with him a month. |
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Genesis 29:15
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Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my
relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your
wages be?" |
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Genesis 29:16
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Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the
older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. |
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Genesis 29:17
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And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful
of form and face. |
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Genesis 29:18
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Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, "I will
serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel." |
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Genesis 29:19
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Laban said, "It is better that I give her to
you than to give her to another man; stay with me." |
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Genesis 29:20
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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they
seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. |
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Laban's
Treachery |
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Genesis 29:21
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Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife,
for my time is completed, that I may go in to her." |
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Genesis 29:22
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Laban gathered all the men of the place and
made a feast. |
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Genesis 29:23
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Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah,
and brought her to him; and Jacob went in to her. |
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Genesis 29:24
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Laban also gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter
Leah as a maid. |
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Genesis 29:25
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So it came about in the morning that, behold,
it was Leah! And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Was it not
for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?" |
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Genesis 29:26
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But Laban said, "It is not the practice in our
place to marry off the younger before the firstborn. |
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Genesis 29:27
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"Complete the week of this one, and we will
give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another
seven years." |
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Genesis 29:28
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Jacob did so and completed her week, and he
gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. |
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Genesis 29:29
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Laban also gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter
Rachel as her maid. |
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Genesis 29:30
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So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed
he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. |
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Genesis 29:31
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Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and
He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. |
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Genesis 29:32
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Leah conceived and bore a son and named him
Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has seen my affliction; surely now my
husband will love me." |
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Genesis 29:33
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Then she conceived again and bore a son and
said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me
this son also." So she named him Simeon. |
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Genesis 29:34
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She conceived again and bore a son and said,
"Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him
three sons." Therefore he was named Levi. |
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Genesis 29:35
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And she conceived again and bore a son and said,
"This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped
bearing |
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