Genesis 29 KJV
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And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well’s mouth.
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. Rachel
And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them].
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and [till] they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them. Rachel
And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. Laban
And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. Laban
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her. Jacob married Leah Jacob married Rachel Jacob Rachel
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. Laban
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. Leah
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Laban
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. Birth of Reuben Leah God Reuben
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon. Birth of Simeon God Simeon
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. Birth of Levi Levi
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. Birth of Judah God Judah