Genesis 29:1–9

Jacob Meets Rachel

29 So Jacob went on his journey aand came to the land of the people of the East. 2 And he looked, and saw a bwell in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well’s mouth. 3 Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well’s mouth.

4 And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?”

And they said, “We are from cHaran.”

5 Then he said to them, “Do you know dLaban the son of Nahor?”

And they said, “We know him.”

6 So he said to them, e“Is he well?”

And they said, “He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel fis coming with the sheep.”

7 Then he said, “Look, it is still 1high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”

8 But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”

9 Now while he was still speaking with them, gRachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.