1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

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Judges 6:3, Judges 6:3, Judges 6:33, Judges 6:33, Hosea 12:12

2He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.

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John 4:6, Isaiah 49:10, John 4:6, Isaiah 49:10, Song of Solomon 1:6

3There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.

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4Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

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Genesis 28:10, Genesis 28:10, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 27:43, Acts 7:2

5He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."

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Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:24, Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:24, Genesis 31:53

6He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

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1 Samuel 25:5, Exodus 18:7, 2 Samuel 20:9, Genesis 43:27, Genesis 37:14

7He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."

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Ephesians 5:16, Ephesians 5:16, Galatians 6:9, Galatians 6:10, Galatians 6:9

8They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."

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Mark 16:3, Luke 24:2, Mark 16:3, Luke 24:2, Genesis 29:3

9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

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Exodus 2:21, Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:16

10It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

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Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:17

11Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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Genesis 33:4, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 45:2, Genesis 45:14, Genesis 45:15

12Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.

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Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:14

13It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

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Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:29, Acts 20:37, Exodus 18:7, Exodus 4:27

14Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.

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2 Samuel 19:12, 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 19:12, 2 Samuel 19:13, Judges 9:2

15Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

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Genesis 31:7, Genesis 30:28, Genesis 31:7, Genesis 30:28

16Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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Genesis 49:31, Ruth 4:11, Genesis 49:31, Ruth 4:11, Genesis 35:23

17Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

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Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 35:20, Genesis 48:7

18Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

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Hosea 12:12, Hosea 12:12, Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Exodus 22:16

19Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

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Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 6:5, Psalms 12:2

20Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

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1 Corinthians 13:7, 1 Corinthians 13:7, Ephesians 5:2, Ephesians 5:2, Hosea 12:12

21Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

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Judges 15:1, Judges 15:1, Genesis 38:16, Genesis 29:20, Genesis 4:1

22Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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Revelation 19:9, Revelation 19:9, Ruth 4:10, Ruth 4:13, Judges 14:10

23It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

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Micah 7:5, Micah 7:5, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:15

24Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

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Genesis 16:1, Genesis 30:9, Genesis 30:12, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 30:9

25It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He 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?"

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Matthew 7:2, Matthew 7:2, Proverbs 11:31, Proverbs 11:31, Genesis 27:35

26Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

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27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

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Judges 14:12, Judges 14:12, Leviticus 18:18, Leviticus 18:18, Genesis 2:2

28Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

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29Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

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Genesis 35:22, Genesis 30:3, Genesis 30:8, Genesis 29:24, Genesis 35:22

30He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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Genesis 31:41, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:20, Matthew 10:37

31The Lord saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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1 Samuel 2:21, Matthew 10:37, 1 Samuel 2:21, Matthew 10:37, Deuteronomy 21:15

32Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because the Lord has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."

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Exodus 4:31, Deuteronomy 26:7, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 4:31, Deuteronomy 26:7

33She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

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Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 34:30, Genesis 49:5

34She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

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Genesis 49:5, Genesis 49:7, Exodus 32:26, Exodus 32:29, Genesis 49:5

35She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise the Lord." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

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1 Chronicles 5:2, Genesis 49:8, Genesis 49:12, Matthew 1:2, 1 Chronicles 5:2