Dual Panel1So Jacob <03290> moved on <05375> and came <01980> to the land <0776> of the eastern <06924> people <01121>.
2He saw <07200> in the field <07704> a well <0875> with three <07969> flocks <05739> of sheep <06629> lying <07257> beside <05921> it, because <03588> the flocks <05739> were watered <08248> from <04480> that <01931> well <0875>. Now a large <01419> stone <068> covered <05921> the mouth <06310> of the well <0875>.
3When all <03605> the flocks <05739> were gathered <0622> there <08033>, the shepherds would roll <01556> the stone <068> off <05921> the mouth <06310> of the well <0875> and water <08248> the sheep <06629>. Then they would put <07725> the stone <068> back <07725> in its place <04725> over <05921> the well’s <0875> mouth <06310>.
4Jacob <03290> asked <0559> them, “My brothers <0251>, where <0370> are you <0859> from?” They replied <0559>, “We’re <0580> from Haran <02771>.”
5So he said <0559> to them, “Do you know <03045> Laban <03837>, the grandson <01121> of Nahor <05152>?” “We know <03045> him,” they said <0559>.
6“Is he well <07965>?” Jacob asked <0559>. They replied <0559>, “He is well <07965>. Now look <02009>, here comes <0935> his daughter <01323> Rachel <07354> with <05973> the sheep <06629>.”
7Then Jacob said <0559>, “Since <02005> it is still <05750> the middle of the day <03117>, it is not <03808> time <06256> for the flocks <04735> to be gathered <0622>. You should water <08248> the sheep <06629> and then go <01980> and let them graze <07462> some more.”
8“We can’t <03201> <03808>,” they said <0559>, “until <05704> all <03605> the flocks <05739> are gathered <0622> and the stone <068> is rolled <01556> off <05921> the mouth <06310> of the well <0875>. Then we water <08248> the sheep <06629>.”
9While he was still <05750> speaking <01696> with <05973> them, Rachel <07354> arrived <0935> with <05973> her father’s <01> sheep <06629>, for <03588> she was tending <07462> them <01931>.
10When <0834> Jacob <03290> saw <07200> Rachel <07354>, the daughter <01323> of his uncle <0517> <0251> Laban <03837>, and the sheep <06629> of his uncle <0517> <0251> Laban <03837>, he <03290> went over <05066> and rolled <01556> the stone <068> off <05921> the mouth <06310> of the well <0875> and watered <08248> the sheep <06629> of his uncle <0517> <0251> Laban <03837>.
11Then Jacob <03290> kissed <05401> Rachel <07354> and began to weep <01058> loudly <06963> <05375>.
12When Jacob <03290> explained <05046> to Rachel <07354> that <03588> he was a relative <0251> of her father <01> and the son <01121> of Rebekah <07259>, she <01931> ran <07323> and told <05046> her father <01>.
13When <01961> Laban <03837> heard <08085> this news <08088> about Jacob <03290>, his sister’s <0269> son <01121>, he rushed out <07323> to meet <07125> him. He embraced <02263> him and kissed <05401> him and brought <0935> him to <0413> his house <01004>. Jacob told <05608> Laban <03837> how he was related to him.
14Then Laban <03837> said <0559> to him, “You <0859> are indeed <0389> my own flesh <06106> and blood <01320>.” So Jacob stayed <03427> with <05973> him for a month <03117> <02320>.
15Then Laban <03837> said <0559> to Jacob <03290>, “Should you <0859> work <05647> for me for nothing <02600> because <03588> you are my relative <0251>? Tell <05046> me what <04100> your wages <04909> should be.”
16(Now Laban <03837> had two <08147> daughters <01323>; the older <01419> one was named <08034> <08034> Leah <03812>, and the younger <06996> one Rachel <07354>.
17Leah’s <03812> eyes <05869> were tender <07390>, but Rachel <07354> had a lovely <03303> figure <08389> and beautiful <03303> appearance <04758>.)
18Since Jacob <03290> had fallen in love <0157> with Rachel <07354>, he said <0559>, “I’ll serve <05647> you seven <07651> years <08141> in exchange for your younger <06996> daughter <01323> Rachel <07354>.”
19Laban <03837> replied <0559>, “I’d rather <02896> give <05414> her to you than to another <0312> man <0582>. Stay <03427> with me <05978>.”
20So Jacob <03290> worked <05647> for seven <07651> years <08141> to acquire Rachel <07354>. But they seemed <05869> <01961> like only a few <0259> days <03117> to him because his love <0157> for her was so great.
21Finally Jacob <03290> said <0559> to <0413> Laban <03837>, “Give <03051> me my wife <0802>, for <03588> my time <03117> of service is up <04390>. I want to have marital relations <0935> with <0413> her.”
22So Laban <03837> invited <0622> all <03605> the people <0582> of that place <04725> and prepared <06213> a feast <04960>.
23In the evening <06153> he brought <0935> his daughter <01323> Leah <03812> to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations <0935> with <0413> her.
24(Laban <03837> gave <05414> his female servant <08198> Zilpah <02153> to his daughter <01323> Leah <03812> to be her servant <08198>.)
25In the morning <01242> Jacob discovered it was Leah <03812>! So Jacob said <0559> to <0413> Laban <03837>, “What <04100> in the world <02063> have you done <06213> to me! Didn’t <03808> I work <05647> for <05973> you in exchange for Rachel <07354>? Why <04100> have you tricked <07411> me?”
26“It is not <03808> our custom <03651> <06213> here <04725>,” Laban <03837> replied <0559>, “to give <05414> the younger <06810> daughter in marriage before <06440> the firstborn <01067>.
27Complete <04390> my older daughter’s bridal week <07620>. Then we will give <05414> you the younger one too <01571>, in exchange for seven <07651> more <05750> years <08141> of work <05647>.”
28Jacob did <06213> as <03651> Laban said. When Jacob <03290> completed <04390> Leah’s bridal week <07620>, Laban gave <05414> him his daughter <01323> Rachel <07354> to be his wife <0802>.
29(Laban <03837> gave <05414> his female servant <08198> Bilhah <01090> to his daughter <01323> Rachel <07354> to be her servant <08198>.)
30Jacob had marital relations <0935> with <0413> Rachel <07354> as well <01571>. He loved <0157> Rachel <07354> more than Leah <03812>, so he worked <05647> for <05973> Laban for seven <07651> more <05750> years <08141>.
31When the Lord <03068> saw <07200> that <03588> Leah <03812> was unloved <08130>, he enabled <07358> <06605> her to become pregnant <07358> <06605> while Rachel <07354> remained childless <06135>.
32So Leah <03812> became pregnant <02029> and gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>. She named <08034> <07121> him Reuben <07205>, for <03588> she said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> has looked <07200> with pity on my oppressed condition <06040>. Surely <03588> my husband <0376> will love <0157> me now <06258>.”
33She became pregnant <02029> again <05750> and had <03205> another son <01121>. She said <0559>, “Because <03588> the Lord <03068> heard <08085> that <03588> I <0595> was unloved <08130>, he gave <05414> me this <02088> one too <01571>.” So she named <08034> <07121> him Simeon <08095>.
34She became pregnant <02029> again <05750> and had <03205> another son <01121>. She said <0559>, “Now <06258> this time <06471> my husband <0376> will show me affection <03867>, because <03588> I have given birth <03205> to three <07969> sons <01121> for <05921> him.” That is why <03651> he was named <08034> <07121> Levi <03878>.
35She became pregnant <02029> again <05750> and had another <03205> son <01121>. She said <0559>, “This time <06471> I will praise <03034> the Lord <03068>.” That is why <03651> <05921> she named <08034> <07121> him Judah <03063>. Then she stopped <05975> having children <03205>.