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Then Jacob said, The sun is still high, and it is a long time before the flocks need to be folded; why do you not water the sheep at once, and take them back to their pasture again? (Genesis 29, 7)
That cannot be done, they answered, until all the herds have assembled here; we wait till then, before we move the stone from the well mouth and water our flocks. (Genesis 29, 8)
The words were scarcely spoken, when Rachel came up with her father’s sheep; Rachel herself was their shepherdess. (Genesis 29, 9)
then he said, Because thou art my kinsman, that is no reason why thou shouldst work for me free of charge; tell me what reward thou wouldst have. (Genesis 29, 15)
But Lia was dull-eyed, whereas Rachel had beauty both of form and face, (Genesis 29, 17)
and on her Jacob’s love had fallen. So he answered, I will work seven years for thee to win thy younger daughter Rachel. (Genesis 29, 18)
Better thou, said Laban, than any other husband I could find for her; stay, then, at my side. (Genesis 29, 19)
So Jacob worked seven years to win Rachel, and they seemed to him only a few days, because of the greatness of his love. (Genesis 29, 20)
Then he said to Laban, Give me my bride; the time has come now for me to wed her. (Genesis 29, 21)
giving her a maid called Zelpha to wait on her. So, with all due ceremony, Jacob took her to his bed, and it was not till morning he found out that it was Lia. (Genesis 29, 24)
Whereupon he said to Laban, What meanest thou? Did not I work for thee to win Rachel? What is this trick thou hast played on me? (Genesis 29, 25)
Celebrate this wedding of thine for a full week, and I will give thee Rachel too, and thou shalt work for me another seven years to earn her. (Genesis 29, 27)
