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29 13 Jacob cometh to Laban and serveth seven years for Rachel. 23 Leah brought to his bed instead of Rachel. 27 He serveth seven years more for Rachel. 31 Leah conceiveth and beareth four sons.
1 Then Jacob [a]lift up his feet and came into the [b]East country.
2 And as he looked about, behold, there was a well in the field, [c]and lo, three flocks of sheep lay thereby (for at that well were the flocks watered) and there was a great stone upon the well’s mouth.
3 And 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.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My [d]brethren, whence be ye? And they answered, We are of Haran.
5 Then he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? Who said, We know him.
6 Again he said unto them, [e]Is he in good health? And they answered, He is in good health, and behold, his daughter Rachel cometh with the sheep.
7 Then 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 feed them.
8 But they said, We may not, until all the flocks be brought together, and till men roll the stone from the well’s mouth, that we may water the sheep.
9 ¶ While he talked with them, Rachel also came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
10 And as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, then came Jacob near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
12 (For Jacob told Rachel, that he was her father’s [f]brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son) then she ran and told her father.
13 And when Laban heard tell of Jacob his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house: and he told Laban [g]all these things.
14 To whom Laban said, Well, thou art my [h]bone and my flesh, and he abode with him the space of a month.
15 ¶ For Laban said unto Jacob, Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall be thy wages?
16 Now Laban had two daughters, the elder called Leah, and the younger called Rachel.
17 And Leah was [i]tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and fair.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 Then Laban answered, It is better that I give her thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a [j]few days, because he loved her.
21 ¶ Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, that I may go in to her: for my [k]term is ended.
22 Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 But [l]when the evening was come, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him, and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her servant.
25 But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then said he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to me? did not I serve thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban answered, It is not the [m]manner of this place, to give the younger before the elder.
27 Fulfill seven years for her, and we will also give thee this for the service, which thou shalt serve me yet seven years more.
28 Then Jacob did so, and fulfilled her seven years, so he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.
29 Laban also gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his maid to be her servant.
30 So entered he in to Rachel also, and loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served him yet seven years more.
31 ¶ When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he [n]made her [o]fruitful: but Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the [p]Lord hath looked upon my tribulation, now therefore mine husband will [q]love me.
33 And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also, and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, Now at this time will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
35 Moreover she conceived again and bare a son, saying, Now will I [r]praise the Lord: (A)therefore she called his name Judah, and [s]left bearing.
30 4,9 Rachel and Leah being both barren, give their maids unto their husband, and they bare him children. 15 Leah giveth mandrakes to Rachel that Jacob might lie with her. 27 Laban is enriched for Jacob’s sake. 34 Jacob is made very rich.
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 Then Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in [t]God’s stead, which hath withholden from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my [u]knees, and [v]I shall have children also by her.
4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid to wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 So Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son.
6 Then said Rachel, God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name, Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob the second son.
8 Then Rachel said, With [w]excellent wrestlings have I [x]wrestled with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand: and she called his name, Naphtali.
9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
11 Then said Leah, [y]A company cometh: and she called his name, Gad.
12 Again Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob another son.
13 Then said Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will bless me, and she called his name Asher.
14 ¶ Now Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found [z]mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then said Rachel to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
15 But she answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my son’s mandrakes also? Then said Rachel, Therefore he shall sleep with thee this night for thy son’s mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Come in to me, for I have [aa]bought and paid for thee with my son’s mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.
17 And God heard Leah and she conceived, and bare unto Jacob the fifth son.
18 Then said Leah, God hath given me my reward, because I gave my [ab]maid to my husband, and she called his name Issachar.
19 After, Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 Then Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry: now will mine husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21 After that, she bare a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.
22 ¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God heard her, [ac]and opened her womb.
23 So she conceived and bare a son, and said, God hath taken away my [ad]rebuke.
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord will give me yet another son.
25 ¶ And as soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away that I may go unto my place and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what service I have done thee.
27 To whom Laban answered, If I have now found favor in thy sight, tarry: I have [ae]perceived that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 Also he said, Appoint unto me thy wages, and I will give it thee.
29 But he said unto him, Thou knowest, what service I have done thee, and in what taking thy cattle hath been [af]under me.
30 For the little, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lord hath blessed thee [ag]by my coming: but now when shall [ah]I travail for mine own house also?
31 Then he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob answered, Thou shalt give me nothing at all: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will return, feed, and keep thy sheep.
32 I will pass through all thy flocks this day, and [ai]separate from them all the sheep with little spots and great spots, and all [aj]black lambs among the sheep, and the great spotted, and little spotted among the goats: [ak]and it shall be my wages.
33 So shall my [al]righteousness answer for me hereafter, when it shall come for my reward before thy face, and everyone that hath not little or great spots among the goats, and black among the sheep, the same shall be [am]theft with me.
34 Then Laban said, Go to, would God it might be according to thy saying.
35 Therefore [an]he took out the same day the he goats that were parti-colored and with great spots, and all the she goats with little and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the [ao]black among the sheep, and put them in the keeping of his sons.
36 And he set three days journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob kept the rest of Laban’s sheep.
37 ¶ Then Jacob [ap]took rods of green poplar, and of hazel, and of the chestnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear in the rods.
38 Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughs, when the sheep came to drink, before the sheep: (for they were in heat, when they came to drink.)
39 And the sheep [aq]were in heat before the rods, and afterward brought forth young of parti-color, and with small and great spots.
40 And Jacob parted these lambs, and turned the faces of the flock towards those lambs parti-colored, and all manner of black, among the sheep of Laban: so he put his own flock by themselves, and put them not with Laban’s flock.
41 And in every ramming time of the [ar]stronger sheep, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the gutters, that they might conceive before the rods.
42 But when the sheep were feeble, he put them not in: and so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43 So the man increased exceedingly, and had many flocks, and maid servants, and men servants, and camels, and asses.
9 1 One sick of the palsy, is healed. 5 Remission of sins. 9 Matthew called. 10 Sinners. 17 New wine. 18 The ruler’s daughter raised. 20 A woman healed of a bloody issue. 28 Two blind men by faith receive sight. 32 A dumb man possessed is healed. 37 The harvest and workmen.
1 Then he [a]entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his [b]own city.
2 And (A)lo, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy laid on a bed. And Jesus [c]seeing their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, Son be of good comfort: thy sins are forgiven thee.
3 And behold, certain of the Scribes said with themselves, This man [d]blasphemeth.
4 But when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore think ye evil things in your hearts?
5 For whether is it easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and walk?
6 And that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority in earth to forgive sins (then said he unto the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thine house.
7 And he arose, and departed to his own house.
8 So when the multitude saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such authority to men.
9 ¶ (B)[e]And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man sitting at the [f]custom, named Matthew, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, behold, many Publicans and [g]sinners that came thither, sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw that, they said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners?
12 Now when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, The whole need not the Physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what this is, (C)I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the (D)sinners to repentance.
14 ¶ (E)[h]Then came the disciples of John to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, and thy disciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the [i]children of the marriage chamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
16 Moreover, no man pieceth an old garment with a piece of [j]new cloth: for that that should fill it up, taketh away from the garment, and the breach is worse.
17 Neither do they put new wine into old vessels: for then the vessels would break, and the wine would be spilt, and the vessels would perish: but they put new wine into new vessels, and so are both preserved.
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