ASV_Strong : Genesis 29
1. Then Jacob[H3290] went on[H5375] his journey[H7272], and came[H3212] to the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of the east[H6924].
2. And he looked[H7200], and[H875], behold, a well in the field[H7704], and[H7969], lo, three flocks[H5739] of sheep[H6629] lying[H7257] there by it[H875]; for out of that well they watered[H8248] the flocks[H5739]: and the stone[H68] upon the well[H875]'s mouth[H6310] was great[H1419].
3. And thither were all the flocks[H5739] gathered[H622]: and they rolled[H1556] the stone[H68] from the well[H875]'s mouth[H6310], and watered[H8248] the sheep[H6629], and put[H7725] the stone[H68] again[H7725] upon the well[H875]'s mouth[H6310] in its place[H4725].
4. And Jacob[H3290] said[H559] unto them[H251], My brethren, whence[H370] are ye[H559]? And they said, Of Haran are we[H2771].
5. And he said[H559] unto them[H3045], Know ye Laban[H3837] the son[H1121] of Nahor[H5152]? And they said[H559], We know him[H3045].
6. And he said[H559] unto them[H7965], Is it well with him[H559]? And they said, It is well[H7965]: and[H7354], behold, Rachel his daughter[H1323] cometh[H935] with the sheep[H6629].
7. 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 them[H7462].
8. And they said[H559], We cannot[H3201], until all the flocks[H5739] be gathered together[H622], and they roll[H1556] the stone[H68] from the well[H875]'s mouth[H6310]; then we water[H8248] the sheep[H6629].
9. While he was yet[H5750] speaking[H1696] with them[H7354], Rachel came[H935] with her father[H1]'s sheep[H6629]; for she kept them[H7462].
10. And it came to pass[H3290], when Jacob saw[H7200] Rachel[H7354] the daughter[H1323] of Laban[H3837] his mother[H517]'s brother[H251], and the sheep[H6629] of Laban[H3837] his mother[H517]'s brother[H251], that Jacob[H3290] went near[H5066], and rolled[H1556] the stone[H68] from the well[H875]'s mouth[H6310], and watered[H8248] the flock[H6629] of Laban[H3837] his mother[H517]'s brother[H251].
11. And Jacob[H3290] kissed[H5401] Rachel[H7354], and lifted up[H5375] his voice[H6963], and wept[H1058].
12. And Jacob[H3290] told[H5046] Rachel[H7354] that he was her father[H1]'s brother[H251], and that he was Rebekah[H7259]'s son[H1121]: and she ran[H7323] and told[H5046] her father[H1].
13. And it came to pass[H3837], when Laban heard[H8085] the tidings[H8088] of Jacob[H3290] his sister[H269]'s son[H1121], that he ran[H7323] to meet[H7125] him[H2263], and embraced him[H5401], and kissed him[H935], and brought him to his house[H1004]. And he told[H5608] Laban[H3837] all these things[H1697].
14. And Laban[H3837] said[H559] to him[H389], Surely thou art my bone[H6106] and my flesh[H1320]. And he abode[H3427] with him the space[H3117] of a month[H2320].
15. 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[H4909], what shall thy wages be?
16. 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].
17. And Leah[H3812]'s eyes[H5869] were tender[H7390]; but Rachel[H7354] was beautiful[H3303] and[H3303] well-favored[H4758].
18. And Jacob[H3290] loved[H157] Rachel[H7354]; and he said[H559], I will serve[H5647] thee seven[H7651] years[H8141] for Rachel[H7354] thy younger[H6996] daughter[H1323].
19. And Laban[H3837] said[H559], It is better[H2896] that I give[H5414] her to thee[H5414], than that I should give her to another[H312] man[H376]: abide with me[H3427].
20. 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 to her[H160].
21. 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 unto her[H935].
22. And Laban[H3837] gathered together[H622] all the men[H582] of the place[H4725], and made[H6213] a feast[H4960].
23. And it came to pass in the evening[H6153], that he took[H3947] Leah[H3812] his daughter[H1323], and brought[H935] her to him[H935]; and he went in unto her.
24. And Laban[H3837] gave[H5414] Zilpah[H2153] his handmaid[H8198] unto his daughter[H1323] Leah[H3812] for a handmaid[H8198].
25. And it came to pass in the morning[H1242] that[H3812], behold, it was Leah: and he said[H559] to Laban[H3837], What is this thou hast done[H6213] unto me[H5647]? did not I serve with thee for Rachel[H7354]? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me[H7411]?
26. And Laban[H3837] said[H559], It is not so done[H6213] in our place[H4725], to give[H5414] the younger[H6810] before[H6440] the first-born[H1067].
27. Fulfil[H4390] the week[H7620] of this one[H2063], and we will give[H5414] thee the other also for the service[H5656] which thou shalt serve[H5647] with me yet seven[H7651] other[H312] years[H8141].
28. And Jacob[H3290] did[H6213] so[H4390], and fulfilled her week[H7620]: and he gave[H5414] him Rachel[H7354] his daughter[H1323] to wife[H802].
29. And Laban[H3837] gave[H5414] to Rachel[H7354] his daughter[H1323] Bilhah[H1090] his handmaid[H8198] to be her handmaid[H8198].
30. 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].
31. And Jehovah[H3068] saw[H7200] that Leah[H3812] was hated[H8130], and he opened[H6605] her womb[H7358]: but Rachel[H7354] was barren[H6135].
32. 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], Because[H3588] Jehovah[H3068] hath looked[H7200] upon my affliction[H6040]; for now[H3588] my husband[H376] will love me[H157].
33. And she conceived[H2029] again[H3205], and bare a son[H1121]: and said[H559], Because Jehovah[H3068] hath heard[H8085] that I am hated[H8130], he hath therefore given[H5414] me this son also[H7121]: and she called his name[H8034] Simeon[H8095].
34. 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[H3205], because I have borne him three[H7969] sons[H1121]: therefore was his name[H8034] called[H7121] Levi[H3878].
35. And she conceived[H2029] again[H3205], and bare a son[H1121]: and she said[H559], This[H6471] time will I praise[H3034] Jehovah[H3068]: therefore she called[H7121] his name[H8034] Judah[H3063]; and she left[H5975] off bearing[H3205].
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