Genesis 29:1–12

Then Jacob ^†went on his journey, and came into the land of the ^†people of ^athe east. ²And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth. ³And 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. ⁴And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of ^bHaran are we. ⁵And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. ⁶And he said unto them, ^†Is he well? And they said, ^cHe is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. ⁷And he said, Lo, ^†it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. ⁸And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep. ⁹And while he yet spake with them, ^dRachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them. ¹⁰And 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 ^erolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. ¹¹And Jacob ^fkissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. ¹²And Jacob told Rachel that he was ^gher father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: ^hand she ran and told her father.