Genesis 29:1-13 ▼

1 And Jacob will lift up his feet and will go to the land of the sons of the east.

2 And he will see, and behold, a well in the field, and behold there three flocks of sheep lying by it; for from that well they will water the flocks and the great stone upon the mouth of the well.

3 And they gather there all the flocks; and they rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep, and turned back the stone upon the mouth of the well to its place.

4 And Jacob will say to them, My brethren, whence are ye? and they will say, We are from Haran.

5 And he will say to them, knew ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they will say, We knew.

6 And he will say to them, Is health to him? and they will say, Health: Behold, Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.

7 And he will say, Behold, yet the day great, not the time of gathering the cattle; water ye the sheep, and go feed.

8 And they will say, We shall not be able, till that all the flocks shall be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep.

9 He yet speaking to them, and Rachel came with the sheep were to her father; for she fed them.

10 And it shall be when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, and Jacob will come near, and will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and will water the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.

11 And Jacob will kiss Rachel, and will lift up his voice and weep.

12 And Jacob will announce to Rachel that he is her father's brother, and that he is Rebekah's son; and she will run and announce to her father.

13 And it shall be when Laban heard the hearing of Jacob his sister's son, and he will run to meet him, and he will embrace him, and kiss him and bring him to his house, and he will recount to Laban all these words.