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Genesis 29 ERV · ERV Bible Reading

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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis 29.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob meets Rachel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Jacob continued his trip.
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  SPEAKER_00: He went to the country in the east.
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  SPEAKER_00: He looked and saw a well in the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: There were three flocks of sheep lying near the well where the sheep drank water.
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  SPEAKER_00: There was a large rock covering the mouth of the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: When all of the flocks gathered there, the shepherds would roll the rock away from the well, then all of the sheep could drink from the water.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the sheep were full, the shepherds would put the rock back in its place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob said to the shepherds there, Brothers, where are you from?
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  SPEAKER_00: They answered, We are from Haran.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Jacob said, Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?
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  SPEAKER_00: The shepherds answered We know him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Jacob said, How is he?
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  SPEAKER_00: They answered He is well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look, that is his daughter Rachel coming now with his sheep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob said, Look, it is still day and long before the sun sets.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is not yet time for the animals to be gathered together for the night.
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  SPEAKER_00: So give them water and let them go back into the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: But they said We cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then we will move the rock from the well and all the sheep will drink.
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  SPEAKER_00: While Jacob was talking with the shepherds, Rachel came with her father's sheep.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was her job to take care of the sheep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rachel was Laban's daughter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Laban was the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's mother.
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  SPEAKER_00: When Jacob saw Rachel, he went and moved the rock and gave water to the sheep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Jacob kissed Rachel and cried.
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  SPEAKER_00: He told her he was from her father's family.
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  SPEAKER_00: He told her he was the son of Rebecca, so Rachel ran home and told her father.
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  SPEAKER_00: When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he ran to meet him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob hugged him and kissed him and brought him into his house, and he told Laban everything that had happened.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Laban said, This is wonderful.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are from my own family.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Laban tricks Jacob.
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  SPEAKER_00: One day Laban said to Jacob, You are a relative of mine, it is not right for you to continue working for me without pay.
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  SPEAKER_00: What should I pay you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Laban had two daughters.
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  SPEAKER_00: The older was Leah and the younger was Rachel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leah's eyes were gentle, but Rachel was beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob loved Rachel, so he said to Laban, I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter, Rachel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Laban said it would be better for her to marry you than someone else, so stay with me.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban for seven years, and it seemed like a very short time because he loved Rachel very much.
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  SPEAKER_00: After seven years Jacob said to Laban, give me Rachel so that I can marry her.
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  SPEAKER_00: My time of work for you is finished.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Laban gave a party for all the people in that place.
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  SPEAKER_00: That night Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob and Leah had sexual relations together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter to be her maid.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with, and he said to Laban, You have tricked me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why did you trick me?
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  SPEAKER_00: Laban said in our country we don't allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Continue for the full week of the marriage ceremony, and I will also give Rachel to marry, but you must serve me another seven years.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Jacob did this and finished the week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: Laban gave his maid Bilha to his daughter Rachel to be her maid.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Jacob had sexual relations with Rachel also, and Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jacob's family grows.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, so he made it possible for Leah to have children, but Rachel did not have any children.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leah gave birth to a son and he named him Reuben.
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  SPEAKER_00: She named him this because she had said The Lord has seen my troubles.
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  SPEAKER_00: My husband does not love me, so now maybe my husband will love me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leah became pregnant again and she had another son.
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  SPEAKER_00: She named the son Simeon.
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  SPEAKER_00: She said the Lord has heard that I am not loved, so he gave me this son.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leah became pregnant again and had another son.
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  SPEAKER_00: She named the son Levi.
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  SPEAKER_00: She said, Now surely my husband will love me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have given him three sons.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Leah gave birth to another son.
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  SPEAKER_00: She named the son Judah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leah named him this because she said, Now I will praise the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Leah stopped having children.