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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 29 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/29.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/29-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Genesis 29</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/28.htm" title="Genesis 28">◄</a> Genesis 29 <a href="../genesis/30.htm" title="Genesis 30">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/genesis/29.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go, pasture them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s kinsman, and that he was Rebekah’s son, and she ran and told her father.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Leah’s eyes were weak,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or soft">a</a></sup></span> but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>(Laban gave<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or had given; also verse 29">b</a></sup></span> his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.</p> <p class="heading">Jacob’s Children</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Reuben means See, a son">c</a></sup></span> for she said, “Because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Simeon sounds like the Hebrew for heard">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Levi sounds like the Hebrew for attached">e</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/29-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” Therefore she called his name Judah.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Judah sounds like the Hebrew for praise">f</a></sup></span> Then she ceased bearing.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>soft</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>had given</i>; also verse 29<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> <i class="catch-word">Reuben</i> means <i>See, a son</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> <i class="catch-word">Simeon</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>heard</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">34</span> <i class="catch-word">Levi</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i class="catch-word">attached</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">35</span> <i class="catch-word">Judah</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i class="catch-word">praise</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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