1 Then|strong="H5375" Jacob|strong="H3290" continued his|strong="H5375" trip. He|strong="H3290" went|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5375" country|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5375" East|strong="H6924".
2 He|strong="H1931" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H1419" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" well|strong="H0875" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H6629" three|strong="H7969" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" lying|strong="H7257" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H0875", where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H6629" drank water|strong="H8248". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H0068" covering the|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H0875".
3 When|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" gathered|strong="H0622" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H3605" shepherds would|strong="H3605" roll|strong="H1556" the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H0068" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H0875". Then|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" could drink|strong="H8248" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H8248". After|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" full|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" shepherds would|strong="H3605" put|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H0068" back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725".
4 Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" shepherds there, “Brothers|strong="H0251", where|strong="H0370" are|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H0251"?”
5 Then|strong="H0853" Jacob|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Do you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" Laban|strong="H3837", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152"?”
6 Then|strong="H2009" Jacob|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" he|strong="H0559"?”
7 Jacob|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2005", it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" before|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0559" sun sets. It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H5750" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" animals to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H5750" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" night. So|strong="H3808" give|strong="H8248" them|strong="H8248" water|strong="H8248" and|strong="H3117" let|strong="H3808" them|strong="H8248" go|strong="H0622" back|strong="H5750" into the|strong="H0559" field.”
8 But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H0834" until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" are|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622". Then|strong="H0853" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" move the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H0068" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H0875", and|strong="H6629" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" will|strong="H0834" drink|strong="H8248".”
9 While|strong="H5750" Jacob|strong="H0935" was|strong="H0834" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" shepherds|strong="H7462", Rachel|strong="H7354" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0935" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". (It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" her|strong="H0935" job to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H0935" care of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0834" sheep|strong="H6629".)
10 Rachel|strong="H7354" was|strong="H1961" Laban’s daughter|strong="H1323". Laban|strong="H3837" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1323" Rebekah, Jacob’s|strong="H3290" mother|strong="H0517". When|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" Rachel|strong="H7354", he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5066" and|strong="H0251" moved the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H0068" and|strong="H0251" gave|strong="H8248" water|strong="H8248" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629".
11 Then|strong="H0853" Jacob|strong="H3290" kissed|strong="H5401" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H6963" cried|strong="H1058".
12 He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" from|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H0001". He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rebekah|strong="H7259". So|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" ran|strong="H7323" home|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001".
13 When|strong="H1961" Laban|strong="H3837" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" news|strong="H8088" about|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" sister’s|strong="H0269" son|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", he|strong="H0853" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413". Laban|strong="H3837" hugged him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5608" Laban|strong="H3837" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961".
14 Then|strong="H0859" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" wonderful! You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" my|strong="H0559" own|strong="H5973" family.” So|strong="H3427" Jacob|strong="H0559" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" Laban|strong="H3837" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320".
15 One|strong="H3588" day Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jacob|strong="H3290", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H0251" of|strong="H0251" mine. It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" right for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0559" continue working|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" without|strong="H2600" pay|strong="H2600". What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H2600" you|strong="H0859"?”
16 Now|strong="H1419" Laban|strong="H3837" had|strong="H7354" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". The|strong="H8034" older|strong="H1419" was|strong="H8034" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H8034" younger|strong="H6996" was|strong="H8034" Rachel|strong="H7354".
17 Leah’s|strong="H3812" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H1961" gentle|strong="H7390", but|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354" was|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303".
18 Jacob|strong="H3290" loved|strong="H0157" Rachel|strong="H7354", so|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Laban|strong="H7651", “I|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3290" work|strong="H5647" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" for|strong="H8141" you|strong="H0853" if you|strong="H0853" will|strong="H3290" allow me|strong="H0157" to|strong="H0559" marry your|strong="H0157" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354".”
19 Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" marry|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" than|strong="H2896" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H0312". So|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0376" me|strong="H5414".”
20 So|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" stayed and|strong="H3117" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H7651" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" seemed|strong="H5869" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very short time|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" loved|strong="H0157" Rachel|strong="H7354" very much.
21 After|strong="H0413" seven years|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Laban|strong="H3837", “Give|strong="H3051" me|strong="H0413" Rachel|strong="H0559" so|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H0935" marry|strong="H0802" her|strong="H0413". My|strong="H0935" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" work for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H4390".”
22 So|strong="H6213" Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0376" party for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725".
23 That|strong="H1961" night|strong="H6153" Laban brought|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" Leah|strong="H3812" to|strong="H0413" Jacob|strong="H0935". Jacob|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" Leah|strong="H3812" had|strong="H1961" sexual|strong="H3947" relations|strong="H0413" together.
24 (Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198" Zilpah|strong="H2153" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198".)
25 In|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" Jacob|strong="H0559" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" Leah|strong="H3812" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" slept with|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1242" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Laban|strong="H3837", “You|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" tricked me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H2009" worked|strong="H5647" hard for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5973" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H2009" could|strong="H4100" marry Rachel|strong="H7354". Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5973" trick me|strong="H0413"?”
26 Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H4725" our|strong="H5414" country|strong="H4725" we|strong="H6213" don’t|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" younger|strong="H6810" daughter to|strong="H0559" marry|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" older daughter.
27 Continue|strong="H5750" for|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" full|strong="H4390" week|strong="H7620" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" marriage ceremony|strong="H5656", and|strong="H8141" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" Rachel to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414". But|strong="H1571" you|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5414" another|strong="H0312" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141".”
28 So|strong="H3651" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" and|strong="H0802" finished|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" week|strong="H7620". Then|strong="H0853" Laban gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354" as|strong="H3651" a|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".
29 (Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198" Bilhah|strong="H1090" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198".)
30 So|strong="H0935" Jacob|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0853" sexual relations|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" Rachel|strong="H7354" also|strong="H1571". And|strong="H0935" Jacob|strong="H0935" loved|strong="H0157" Rachel|strong="H7354" more|strong="H5750" than|strong="H1571" Leah|strong="H3812". Jacob|strong="H0935" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H0413" Laban|strong="H7651" for|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141".
31 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Jacob loved Rachel|strong="H7354" more|strong="H3588" than|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812", so|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" made it|strong="H3588" possible for|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H7200" children. But|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" did not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" any|strong="H3588" children.
32 Leah|strong="H3812" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0559" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Reuben|strong="H7205". She|strong="H3588" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" this|strong="H6258" because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" my|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H7200". My|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7121". So|strong="H7121" now|strong="H6258" maybe my|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7121".”
33 Leah became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" named|strong="H8034" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H2088" loved, so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121".”
34 Leah became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3205" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" named|strong="H8034" this|strong="H3651" son|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258", surely|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0376" love me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" given|strong="H3205" him|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121".”
35 Then|strong="H0853" Leah gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0559" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H7121" named|strong="H8034" this|strong="H3651" son|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Leah named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6471" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".” Then|strong="H0853" Leah stopped|strong="H5975" having|strong="H3205" children|strong="H1121".