Genesis 29:1-10 ▼

1 Then Iacob went on his iourney, & came into the lande of the people of the east.

2 And as he loked about, beholde, there was a wel in the field, and loe, three flockes of sheepe lay there by, for at that well were the flockes watered: and there was a great stone vpon the well mouth.

3 And thyther were all the flockes brought, and they roulled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watred the sheepe, & put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth vnto his place.

4 And Iacob saide vnto them: My brethren, whence be ye? And they sayde: of Haran are we.

5 And he sayde vnto them: Knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nachor? They sayde: we knowe hym.

6 And he sayde vnto them: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health, and beholde his daughter Rachel commeth with the sheepe.

7 And he sayde: loe it is yet a great whyle to nyght, neither is it tyme that the cattell should be gathered together: water ye the sheepe, and go and feede them.

8 And they sayde: we may not vntyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyl they roule the stone from the welles mouth, and so we water our sheepe.

9 Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.

10 Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother.