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12 He told her that he was from her father's family and that he was the son of Rebekah. So Rachel ran home and told her father.
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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 When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he ran to meet him. Laban hugged him and kissed him and brought him to his house, where Jacob told Laban everything that had happened.
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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 Then Laban said, "You are my own flesh and blood." Jacob stayed there a month.
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Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,
15 Then Laban said to Jacob, "You are my relative, but it is not right for you to work for me without pay. What would you like me to pay you?"
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Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah, and the younger was Rachel.
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Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was very beautiful.
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Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.
18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he said to Laban, "Let me marry your younger daughter Rachel. If you will, I will work seven years for you."
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Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”
19 Laban said, "It would be better for her to marry you than someone else, so stay here with me."
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Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.”
20 So Jacob worked for Laban seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like just a few days to him because he loved Rachel very much.
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So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
21 After seven years Jacob said to Laban, "Give me Rachel so that I may marry her. The time I promised to work for you is over."
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Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.”
22 So Laban gave a feast for all the people there.
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So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast.
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