Genesis 29:1-13 ▼

1 And Jacob lifted his feet and he went to the land of the sons of the East.

2 And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it, for from that well they watered the flocks. And the stone was great on the mouth of the well.

3 And all the flocks would be gathered there, and they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and they would water the sheep, and they would return the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.

4 And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, from where are you??” And they said, “We are from Haran.”

5 And he said to them, “Do you? know Laban son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”

6 And he said to them, “Is it well with him?” And they said, “It is well, and behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.”

7 And he said, “Behold, it is still broad daylight; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go pasture them.”

8 And they said, “We are not able until that all the flocks are gathered together and they have rolled the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep.”

9 He was still speaking with them, and Rachel came with the sheep that belonged to her father, for she was a shepherdess.

10 And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, the brother of his mother, and the sheep of Laban, the brother of his mother, that Jacob drew near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and he watered the sheep of Laban, the brother of his mother.

11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and he lifted up his voice and wept.

12 And Jacob told to Rachel that he was a brother of her father, and that he was a son of Rebekah. And she ran and told it to her father.

13 And it came to pass when Laban heard the report about Jacob, the son of his sister, that he ran to meet him, and he embraced him and he kissed him, and he brought him to his house. And he told to Laban all these things.