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Genesis 29:1-14

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1 And Jacob {continued his journey} and went to the land of the Easterners.
1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.
2 And he looked, and behold, [there was] a well in the field, and behold, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. And the stone on the mouth of the well [was] large.
2 There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.
3 And [when] all the flocks were gathered there, they rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well. And they watered the sheep and returned the stone upon the mouth of the well to its place.
3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
4 And Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where [are] you from?" And they said, "We [are] from Haran."
4 Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.
5 And he said to them, "Do you know Laban, son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know [him]."
5 He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.
6 And he said to them, "{Is he well}?" And they said, "[He is] well. Now look, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep."
6 Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?” “Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
7 And he said, "Look, [it is] still {broad daylight}; it is not the time [for] the livestock to be gathered. Give water to the sheep and go, pasture them."
7 “Look,” he said, “the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
8 And they said, "We are not able, until all the flocks are gathered. Then the stone is rolled away from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep."
8 “We can’t,” they replied, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
9 While he was speaking with them, Rachel came with the sheep which belonged to her father, for she was pasturing [them].
9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.
10 And it happened [that], when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, Jacob drew near and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.
10 When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] the relative of her father, and that he [was] the son of Rebekah. And she ran and told her father.
12 He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and a son of Rebekah. So she ran and told her father.
13 And it happened [that] when Laban heard the message about Jacob, the son of his sister, he ran to meet him. And he embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
13 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, "Surely you [are] my flesh and my bone!" And he stayed with him a month.
14 Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,
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