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1 Then Iacob lyfte vp his fete and wet toward the east countre. 2 And as he loked aboute behold there was a well in the feld and .iij. flockes of shepe laye therby (for at that well were the flockes watered) and there laye a great stone at the well mouth 3 And the maner was to brynge the flockes thyther and to roull the stone fro the welles mouth and to water the shepe and to put the stone agayne vppon the wells mouth vnto his place. 4 And Iacob sayde vnto the: brethern whece be ye? and they sayde: of Haran ar we. 5 And he sayde vnto the: knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor. And they sayde: we knowe him. 6 And he sayde vnto the: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health: and boholde his doughter Rahel cometh with ye shepe. 7 And he sayde: lo it is yet a great whyle to nyghte nether is it tyme yt the catell shulde be gathered together: water the shepe and goo and fede the. 8 And they sayde: we maye not vntill all ye flockes be brought together and the stone be roulled fro the wells mouth and so we water oure shepe. 9 Whyle he yet talked with the Rahel came with hir fathers shepe for she kepte them. 10 As soone As Iacob sawe Rahel the doughter of Laban his mothers brother and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother he went and rowled the stone fro the wells mouth and watered the shepe of Laba his mothers brother 11 And Iacob kyssed Rahel and lyfte vp his voyce and wepte: 12 and tolde her also yt he was hir fathers brother and Rebeccas sonne. The Rahel ranne and tolde hir father. 13 When Laban herd tell of Iacob his sisters sonne he ranne agaynst him and embraced hi and kyssed him ad broughte him in to his house. And the Iacob told Laba all ye matter Genesis 29:1-13, Tyndale Bible of 1526. Public domain.
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