6. He said to them, “Is he well?”And they said, “He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.”
7. He said, “Since it is yet midday, it is not the time that the livestock should be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”
8. They said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we may water the sheep.”
9. While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
10. When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well’s opening and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
11. Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
12. Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. Then she ran and told her father.
13. 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 Jacob told Laban all these things.
14. Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.”And he stayed with him for a month.
15. Laban said to Jacob, “Since you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”
16. Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17. Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.
18. Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
19. Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”
20. So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
21. Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, so that I may have relations with her.”
22. Laban gathered together all the men of the place and prepared a feast.
23. But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob had relations with her.
24. Laban gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah for a maidservant.