Genesis:29-30
acv@Genesis:29:1 @ Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.
acv@Genesis:29:2 @ And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field. And, lo, three flocks of sheep were laying there by it, for they watered the flocks out of that well. And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.
acv@Genesis:29:3 @ And all the flocks were gathered there. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.
acv@Genesis:29:4 @ And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are ye from? And they said, We are of Haran.
acv@Genesis:29:5 @ And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
acv@Genesis:29:6 @ And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well. And, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.
acv@Genesis:29:7 @ And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together. Water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
acv@Genesis:29:8 @ And they said, We cannot until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep.
acv@Genesis:29:9 @ While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
acv@Genesis:29:10 @ And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban hi
acv@Genesis:29:11 @ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
acv@Genesis:29:12 @ And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. And she ran and told her father.
acv@Genesis:29:13 @ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
acv@Genesis:29:14 @ And Laban said to him, Surely thou are my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
acv@Genesis:29:15 @ And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou are my brother, should thou therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall thy wages be?
acv@Genesis:29:16 @ And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
acv@Genesis:29:17 @ And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
acv@Genesis:29:18 @ And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
acv@Genesis:29:19 @ And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me.
acv@Genesis:29:20 @ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
acv@Genesis:29:21 @ And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
acv@Genesis:29:22 @ And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
acv@Genesis:29:23 @ And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. And he went in to her.
acv@Genesis:29:24 @ And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
acv@Genesis:29:25 @ And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou have done to me? Did I not serve with thee for Rachel? Why then have thou beguiled me?
acv@Genesis:29:26 @ And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
acv@Genesis:29:27 @ Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shall serve with me yet seven other years.
acv@Genesis:29:28 @ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
acv@Genesis:29:29 @ And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.
acv@Genesis:29:30 @ And he also went in to Rachel, and also he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
acv@Genesis:29:31 @ And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
acv@Genesis:29:32 @ And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because LORD has looked upon my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
acv@Genesis:29:33 @ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Because LORD has heard that I am regarded inferior, he has therefore given me this [son] also. And she called his name Simeon.
acv@Genesis:29:34 @ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.
acv@Genesis:29:35 @ And she conceived again, and bore a son. And she said, This time I will praise LORD. Therefore she called his name Judah. And she left off bearing.
acv@Genesis:30:1 @ And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no sons, Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I die.
acv@Genesis:30:2 @ And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
acv@Genesis:30:3 @ And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain sons by her.
acv@Genesis:30:4 @ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife, and Jacob went in to her.
acv@Genesis:30:5 @ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
acv@Genesis:30:6 @ And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Daniel.
acv@Genesis:30:7 @ And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
acv@Genesis:30:8 @ And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
acv@Genesis:30:9 @ When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
acv@Genesis:30:10 @ And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.
acv@Genesis:30:11 @ And Leah said, Fortunate! And she called his name Gad.
acv@Genesis:30:12 @ And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.
acv@Genesis:30:13 @ And Leah said, Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy. And she called his name Asher.
acv@Genesis:30:14 @ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
acv@Genesis:30:15 @ And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou have taken away my husband? And would thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lay with thee tonight for thy son's mandrakes.
acv@Genesis:30:16 @ And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
acv@Genesis:30:17 @ And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
acv@Genesis:30:18 @ And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
acv@Genesis:30:19 @ And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
acv@Genesis:30:20 @ And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
acv@Genesis:30:21 @ And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
acv@Genesis:30:22 @ And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
acv@Genesis:30:23 @ And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.
acv@Genesis:30:24 @ And she called his name Joseph, saying, LORD adds another son to me.
acv@Genesis:30:25 @ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
acv@Genesis:30:26 @ Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go, for thou know my service with which I have served thee.
acv@Genesis:30:27 @ And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, [tarry, for] I have learned by experience that LORD has blessed me for thy sake.
acv@Genesis:30:28 @ And he said, Appoint for me thy wages, and I will give it.
acv@Genesis:30:29 @ And he said to him, Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.
acv@Genesis:30:30 @ For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
acv@Genesis:30:31 @ And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shall not give me anything. If thou will do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.
acv@Genesis:30:32 @ I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and [of such] shall be my hire.
acv@Genesis:30:33 @ So shall my righteousness answer for me after this, when thou shall come concerning my hire that is before thee. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that [is] with me, shall be con
acv@Genesis:30:34 @ And Laban said, Behold, O that it might be according to thy word.
acv@Genesis:30:35 @ And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of h
acv@Genesis:30:36 @ And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
acv@Genesis:30:37 @ And Jacob took for him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree, and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white which was in the rods appear.
acv@Genesis:30:38 @ And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. And they conceived when they came to drink.
acv@Genesis:30:39 @ And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
acv@Genesis:30:40 @ And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban. And he put his own herds apart, and did not put them near Laban's flock.
acv@Genesis:30:41 @ And it came to pass, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods,
acv@Genesis:30:42 @ but when the flock were weak, he did not put them in. So the weaker were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
acv@Genesis:30:43 @ And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
acv@Genesis:31:1 @ And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and he has gotten all this glory of that which was our father's.
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