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And Jacob asked, "Is he well?" "Yes, he is well," they said, "and here is Rachel, his daughter, coming with the sheep!" (Genesis 29, 6)
Jacob then said, "Look! The sun is still high; it's not yet time for the flocks to be gathered together. Water the sheep and let them graze." (Genesis 29, 7)
As soon as Jacob saw Rachel he went forward and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and then watered Laban's flock. (Genesis 29, 10)
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud. (Genesis 29, 11)
Jacob told Rachel he was her father's kinsman and Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father. (Genesis 29, 12)
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob being his sister's son, he ran to meet him; and after embracing and kissing him he brought him into his house. Jacob told Laban all that had happened (Genesis 29, 13)
and Laban said to him, "Truly you are my bone and flesh!" And Jacob stayed there a month with him. (Genesis 29, 14)
Laban said to Jacob, "Even if you are my kinsman, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what wages do you want?" (Genesis 29, 15)
Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel and he said, "I will work for you for seven years in return for your younger daughter, Rachel." (Genesis 29, 18)
To win Rachel, Jacob worked for seven years which seemed to him only a few days, because he loved her so much. (Genesis 29, 20)
Jacob then said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for I have served my time and I want to lie with her." (Genesis 29, 21)
But when night came he took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob and he lay with her. (Genesis 29, 23)