Genesis 29:4-12

New King James Version

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

And they said, “We are from ^(A)Haran.”

⁵ Then he said to them, “Do you know ^(B)Laban the son of Nahor?”

And they said, “We know him.”

⁶ So he said to them, ^(C)“Is he well?”

And they said, “He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel ^(D)is coming with the sheep.”

⁷ Then he said, “Look, it is still ^[a]high 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, ^(E)Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. ¹⁰ And 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 ^(F)rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. ¹¹ Then Jacob ^(G)kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. ¹² And Jacob told Rachel that he was ^(H)her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. ^(I)So she ran and told her father.