And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.

And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

All these were the children of Rachel whom Jacob had by her, fourteen persons.

These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.