18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put forhis pillows,
and set it up fora pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was calledLuz at the
first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I
go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set fora pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt
give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there werethree flocks of sheep lying
by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone wasupon the well's mouth.
3 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.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence beye? And they said, Of Haran arewe.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Ishe well? And they said, He iswell: and, behold, Rachel his daughter
cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it isyet high day, neither is ittime that the cattle should be gathered
together: water ye the sheep, and go andfeed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and tillthey roll the
stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to pass, 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.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he washer father's brother, and that he wasRebekah's son: and
she ran and told her father.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to
meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all
these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou artmy bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the
space of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou artmy brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me
for nought? tell me, what shallthy wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder wasLeah, and the name of the younger
wasRachel.
17 Leah wastender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger
daughter.
19 And Laban said, It isbetter that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another
man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him buta few days, for the
love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give memy wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto
her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 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.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid foran handmaid.
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it wasLeah: and he said to Laban, What is
this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou
beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the
firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with
me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with
him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah washated, he opened her womb: but Rachel wasbarren.
32 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.
33 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 sonalso: and she called his name Simeon.
34 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.
35 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.
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto
Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, AmI in God's stead, who hath
withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I
may also have children by her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son:
therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed:
and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to
wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name
Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought
them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's
mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is ita small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest
thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to
night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said,

Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay
with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband:
and she called his name Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me witha good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me,
because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me
away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26 Give memy wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou
knowest my service which I have done thee.
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: forI have
learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30 For it waslittle which thou hadst before I came, and it is nowincreased unto a multitude;
and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own
house also?
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou
wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed andkeep thy flock:
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted
cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats:
and of suchshall be my hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire
before thy face: every one that isnot speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among
the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she
goats that were speckled and spotted, andevery one that had somewhite in it, and all the brown
among the sheep, and gave theminto the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's
flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white
strakes in them, and made the white appear which wasin the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering
troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and
spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked,
and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them
not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put themnot in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the