Genesis 29 (NET)

Genesis 29:1¹So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:2²He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:3³When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:4⁴Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:5⁵So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” “We know him,” they said.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:6⁶“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:7⁷Then Jacob said, “Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:8⁸“We can’t,” they said, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:9⁹While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:10¹⁰When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:11¹¹Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:12¹²When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:13¹³When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:14¹⁴Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:15¹⁵Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:16¹⁶(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:17¹⁷Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:18¹⁸Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:19¹⁹Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:20²⁰So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:21²¹Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:22²²So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:23²³In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:24²⁴(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:25²⁵In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me? Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:26²⁶“It is not our custom here,” Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:27²⁷Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:28²⁸Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:29²⁹(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:30³⁰Jacob slept with Rachel as well. He also loved Rachel more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban for seven more years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:31³¹When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:32³²So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:33³³She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:34³⁴She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 29:35³⁵She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions