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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,
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.”
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