Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. Jdg 6:3Hos 12:12Jdg 6:33Ecc 9:7Num 23:7Psa 119:32Psa 119:601Ki 4:30 He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large. Jhn 4:14Isa 49:10Jhn 4:6Exo 2:15-16Gen 24:11Gen 24:13Psa 23:2Rev 7:17 There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back on the well’s mouth in its place. Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” Gen 28:10Gen 27:43Act 7:2Act 7:4Gen 11:31Gen 24:10
They said, “We are from Haran.”
He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” Gen 24:24Gen 24:29Gen 31:53
They said, “We know him.”
He said to them, “Is it well with him?” 1Sa 17:221Sa 25:52Sa 20:9Exo 18:7Gen 37:14Gen 43:27
They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.” Eph 5:16Gal 6:9-10
They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.” Luk 24:2Mrk 16:3Gen 29:3Gen 34:14Gen 43:32
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them. Exo 2:15-16Exo 2:21Sng 1:7-8Gen 24:15 When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. Exo 2:17 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. Gen 33:4Gen 43:30Gen 45:14-15Gen 45:2Exo 18:7Exo 4:27Gen 27:26Gen 29:13 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father. Gen 24:28Gen 13:8Gen 14:14-16
When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things. Gen 24:292Sa 19:39Act 20:37Exo 18:7Exo 4:27Gen 45:15Luk 7:45Rom 16:16 Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month. 2Sa 19:12-13Gen 2:23Jdg 9:22Sa 5:1Gen 29:12Gen 29:15Mic 7:5Gen 13:8 Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?” Gen 30:28Gen 31:7
Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Gen 49:31Rut 4:11Gen 29:17Gen 29:25-32Gen 30:19Gen 31:4Gen 35:23Gen 46:15 Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive. Gen 12:111Sa 10:2Gen 24:16Gen 29:18Gen 29:6-12Gen 30:1-2Gen 30:22Gen 35:19-20 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.” Hos 12:12Exo 22:16-17Gen 34:122Sa 3:14Gen 29:20Gen 29:30Gen 31:41Hos 3:2
Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.” Isa 6:11Isa 6:5Psa 12:2
Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her. 1Co 13:7Eph 5:2Hos 12:12Sng 8:6-7Gen 24:672Co 5:14Gen 30:26
Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.” Jdg 15:1Gen 29:18Gen 29:20Gen 31:41Gen 38:16Gen 4:1Mat 1:18
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. Rev 19:9Jdg 14:10-18Mat 22:2-10Mat 25:1-10Rut 4:10-13Jhn 2:1-10 In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her. Mic 7:5Gen 24:65Gen 38:14-15 Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant. Gen 16:1Gen 30:9-12Gen 46:18Gen 24:59 In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” Mat 7:2Pro 11:311Co 3:13Gen 12:18Gen 27:35-36Jdg 1:7Rev 3:19Jhn 21:17
Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.” Lev 18:18Jdg 14:12Gen 2:2-3Gen 8:10-12Jdg 14:10Mal 2:151Ti 6:10
Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife. Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant. Gen 29:24Gen 30:3-8Gen 35:22Gen 35:25Gen 37:2 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years. Gen 31:41Gen 29:18Gen 29:20Gen 31:15Gen 44:27Mat 10:371Sa 18:17-27Deu 21:15
The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 1Sa 2:21Psa 127:31Sa 1:5Deu 21:15Gen 20:18Gen 30:1-2Mat 10:37Exo 3:7 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because the LORD has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” Deu 26:7Exo 3:7Exo 4:311Sa 1:111Sa 1:202Sa 16:12Gen 31:42Gen 37:21-22 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon. Gen 34:25Gen 30:18Gen 30:20Gen 30:6Gen 30:8Gen 34:30Gen 35:23Gen 42:24 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi. Exo 32:26-29Gen 49:5-7Deu 33:8-10Exo 2:1Gen 34:25Gen 35:23Gen 46:11Num 18:2-4 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing. 1Ch 5:2Gen 49:8-12Mat 1:2Deu 33:7Gen 35:26Gen 38:1-30Gen 43:8-9Gen 44:18-34