Genesis 29

ECB(i) 1
YAAQOV AND RACHEL
Then Yaaqov lifts his feet and goes into the land of the sons of the east: 2 and he sees, and behold, a well in the field and behold, three droves of flocks crouch by it; for from that well they moisten the droves: and a great stone is on the mouth of the well: 3 and all the droves gather there: and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well and moisten the flock and return the stone in place on the mouth of the well. 4 And Yaaqov says to them, My brothers, whence are you? And they say, Of Haran - we. 5 And he says to them, Know you Laban the son of Nachor? And they say, We know him. 6 And he says to them, Is he at shalom? And they say, He is at shalom: and behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the flock. 7 And he says, Behold, the day is great, it is not time to gather the chattel: moisten the flock and go and tend them. 8 And they say, We cannot, until all the droves gather and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well: then we moisten the flock. 9 And while he still words with them, Rachel comes with the flock of her father - for she tends them. 10 And so be it, when Yaaqov sees Rachel the daughter of Laban the brother of his mother and the flocks of Laban the brother of his mother, Yaaqov goes near and rolls the stone from the mouth of the well and moistens the flock of Laban the brother of his mother. 11 And Yaaqov kisses Rachel and lifts his voice and weeps: 12 and Yaaqov tells Rachel that he is the brother of her father and that he is the son of Ribqah - and she runs and tells her father. 13 And so be it, when Laban hears the report of Yaaqov the son of his sister, he runs to meet him and embraces him and kisses him and brings him to his house: and he describes all these words to Laban. 14 And Laban says to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. - and he settles with him a month of days. 15 And Laban says to Yaaqov, Because you are my brother, serve you me gratuitously? Tell me, what is your hire? 16 And Laban has two daughters: the name of the greater, Leah and the name of the younger, Rachel. 17 Leah is tender eyed; but Rachel is beautiful in form and beautiful in visage: 18 and Yaaqov loves Rachel, and says, I serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. 19 And Laban says, It is better that I give her to you, than give her to another man: settle with me. 20 And Yaaqov serves seven years for Rachel; and in his eyes, they are but a day in his love to her: 21 and Yaaqov says to Laban, Give me my woman; for I fulfilled my days to go in to her. 22 And Laban gathers all the men of the place and works a banquet: 23 and so be it, in the evening, he takes Leah his daughter and brings her to him; and he goes in to her. 24 And Laban gives his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid as her maid. 25 And so be it, in the morning, behold, it is Leah: and he says to Laban, What is this you worked to me? Served I not you for Rachel? Why deceived you me? 26 And Laban says, It is not worked thus in our place, to give the younger at the face of the firstbirth: 27 fulfill her week and we give you this also for the service you serve with me yet another seven years. 28 And thus Yaaqov works and fulfills her week: and he also gives him Rachel his daughter to woman: 29 and Laban gives Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid as her maid. 30 And he also goes in to Rachel and he also loves Rachel more than Leah and serves with him yet another seven years. 31 And when Yah Veh sees that Leah is hated, he opens her womb: and Rachel is sterile: 32 and Leah conceives and births a son and she calls his name Reu Ben: for, she says, For this cause Yah Veh sees my humiliation; for this cause my man loves me. 33 And she conceives again and births a son; and says, Because Yah Veh hears I am hated, he also gives me this. - and she calls his name Shimon. 34 And she conceives again and births a son; and says, Now this time my man joins me because I birthed him three sons: so his name is called Levi. 35 And she conceives again and births a son: and she says, At this time I spread hands to Yah Veh: so she calls his name Yah Hudah; and stays from birthing.