29:1  Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.

29:2  He looked, and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep reclined there beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well appeared large.

29:3  When all the flocks gathered there, they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

29:4  Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where do you come from?" And they said, "We come from Haran."

29:5  He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."

29:6  And he said to them, "Does everything go well with him?" And they said, "It goes well, and here comes Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep."

29:7  He said, "Behold, it still remains high day; it has not come time to gather the livestock . Water the sheep, and go, pasture them."

29:8  But they said, "We cannot, until we gather all the flocks, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."

29:9  While he still spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she served as a shepherdess.

29:10  When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

29:11  Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted his voice and wept.

29:12  Jacob told Rachel that he had kinship with her father and that he identified himself as Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father.

29:13  So 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 he related to Laban all these things.

29:14  Laban said to him, "Surely I regard you as my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month.

29:15  Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because we have kinship, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what wages do you desire?"

29:16  Now Laban had two daughters; the older had the name of Leah, and younger had the name of Rachel.

29:17  And Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel appeared beautiful of form and face.

29:18  Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."

29:19  Laban said, "I find it better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me."

29:20  So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.

29:21  Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time has reached completion, that I may go in to her."

29:22  Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.

29:23  Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah, and brought her to him; and Jacob went in to her.

29:24  Laban also gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

29:25  So it came about in the morning that, behold, he found himself with Leah! And he said to Laban, "What have you to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

29:26  But Laban said, " We do not practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn.

29:27  "Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years."

29:28  Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

29:29  Laban also gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.

29:30  So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.

29:31  Now the LORD saw that Leah received no love, and He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren.

29:32  Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me."

29:33  Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, " Because the LORD has heard that I receive no love, He has therefore given me this son also." So she named him Simeon.

29:34  She conceived again and bore a son and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore he received the name of Levi.

29:35  And she conceived again and bore a son and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.