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Genesis 29:5-21 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

5. And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know him.

6. And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and behold, there comes Rachel his daughter with the sheep.

7. And he said, Behold, it is yet high day; it is not time that the cattle should be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, feed them.

8. And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep.

9. While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

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 mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.

11. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

12. And Jacob told Rachel that he was a brother of her father, and that he was Rebecca's son; and she ran and told her father.

13. And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings 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.

14. And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time.

15. And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall be thy wages?

16. And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

17. And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.

18. And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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.

20. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.

21. And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.

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