Genesis 29:1-14
Jacob’s Love for Rachel
29Then Jacob 1took up his journey and came to the land of athe sons of the east. 2And he looked, and behold, aa well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they gave water to the flocks to drink. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large. 3And all the flocks would be gathered there, and they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and give water to the sheep to drink and return the stone back to its place on the mouth of the well.
4And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from aHaran.” 5Then he said to them, “Do you know Laban the ason of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.” 6And he said to them, “Is it well with him?” And they said, “It is well, and here is aRachel his daughter coming with the sheep.” 7And he said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Give water to the sheep to drink, and go, pasture them.” 8But they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we give water to the sheep to drink.”
9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10Now it happened, when 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 mouth of the well and gave water to the flock of Laban his mother’s brother to drink. 11Then Jacob akissed Rachel and lifted his voice and wept. 12And Jacob told Rachel that he was a 1,arelative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son, and bshe ran and told her father.
13So it happened that when aLaban heard the report of Jacob his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and he bembraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then he recounted to Laban all these things. 14And Laban said to him, “Surely you are amy bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him one month.