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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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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="../">CPDV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/genesis/29-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jacob Meets Rachel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And so Jacob, setting out, arrived in the eastern land. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he saw a well in a field, and also three flocks of sheep reclining near it. For the animals were watered from it, and its mouth was closed with a great stone. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together, to roll away the stone. And when the flocks had been refreshed, they placed it over the mouth of the well again.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he said to the shepherds, “Brothers, where are you from?” And they answered. “From Haran.” <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And questioning them, he said, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He said, “Is he well?” “He is very well,” they said. “And behold, his daughter Rachel approaches with his flock.” <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Jacob said, “There is still much daylight remaining, and it is not time to return the flocks to the sheepfold. Give the sheep to drink first, and then lead them back to pasture.” <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They responded, “We cannot, until all the animals are gathered together and we remove the stone from the mouth of the well, so that we may water the flocks.”<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They were still speaking, and behold, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep; for she pastured the flock. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When Jacob had seen her, and he realized that she was his maternal first cousin, and that these were the sheep of his uncle Laban, he removed the stone which closed the well. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And having watered the flock, he kissed her. And lifting up his voice, he wept. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he revealed to her that he was a brother of her father, and the son of Rebekah. And so, hurrying, she announced it to her father.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And when he had heard that Jacob, his sister’s son, had arrived, he ran to meet him. And embracing him, and kissing him heartily, he brought him into his house. But when he had heard the reasons for his journey,<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>he responded, “You are my bone and my flesh.” And after the days of one month were completed,<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>he said to him: “Though you are my brother, will you serve me for nothing? Tell me what wages you would accept.” <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In truth, he had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah; and truly the younger was called Rachel. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But while Leah was bleary-eyed, Rachel had an elegant appearance and was attractive to behold. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Jacob, loving her, said, “I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel.” <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Laban responded, “It is better that I give her to you than to another man; remain with me.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said to Laban, “Give my wife to me. For now the time has been fulfilled, so that I may go in to her.” <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he, having called a great crowd of his friends to the feast, agreed to the marriage. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And at night, he brought in his daughter Leah to him, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>giving his daughter a handmaid named Zilpah. After Jacob had gone in to her, according to custom, when morning had arrived, he saw Leah. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he said to his father-in-law, “What is it that you intended to do? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?” <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Laban responded, “It is not the practice in this place to give the younger in marriage first. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Complete a week of days with this mating. And then I will give this one to you also, for the service that you will provide to me for another seven years.” <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He agreed to his pleading. And after the week had passed, he took Rachel as a wife. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>To her, the father had given Bilhah as her servant. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years.<p> <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Having conceived, she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, saying: “The Lord saw my humiliation; now my husband will love me.” <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, “Because the Lord heard that I was treated with contempt, he has also given this one to me.” And she called his name Simeon. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And she conceived a third time, and she gave birth to another son, and she said: “Now likewise my husband will unite with me, because I have borne him three sons.” And because of this, she called his name Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/29-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>A fourth time she conceived and bore a son, and she said, “Only now will I confess to the Lord.” And for this reason, she called him Judah. 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