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4 Jacob said to the shepherds there, "My brothers, where are you from?" They answered, "We are from Haran."
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Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.
5 Then Jacob asked, "Do you know Laban, grandson of Nahor?" They answered, "We know him."
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He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.
6 Then Jacob asked, "How is he?" They answered, "He is well. Look, his daughter Rachel is coming now with his sheep."
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Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?” “Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
7 Jacob said, "But look, it is still the middle of the day. It is not time for the sheep to be gathered for the night, so give them water and let them go back into the pasture."
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“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 But they said, "We cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered. Then we will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep."
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“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 Jacob was talking with the shepherds, Rachel came with her father's sheep, because it was her job to care for the sheep.
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While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.
10 When Jacob saw Laban's daughter Rachel and Laban's sheep, he went to the well and rolled the stone from its mouth and watered Laban's sheep. Now Laban was the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's mother.
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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 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and cried.
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Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
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,
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