Genesis 29
1 Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
Profectus ergo Jacob venit in terram orientalem.
2 He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Et vidit puteum in agro, tres quoque greges ovium accubantes juxta eum: nam ex illo adaquabantur pecora, et os ejus grandi lapide claudebatur.
3 When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
Morisque erat ut cunctis ovibus congregatis devolverent lapidem, et refectis gregibus rursum super os putei ponerent.
4 “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
Dixitque ad pastores: Fratres, unde estis? Qui responderunt: De Haran.
5 “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
Quos interrogans, Numquid, ait, nostis Laban filium Nachor? Dixerunt: Novimus.
6 “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
Sanusne est? inquit. Valet, inquiunt: et ecce Rachel filia ejus venit cum grege suo.
7 “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
Dixitque Jacob: Adhuc multum diei superest, nec est tempus ut reducantur ad caulas greges: date ante potum ovibus, et sic eas ad pastum reducite.
8 But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
Qui responderunt: Non possumus, donec omnia pecora congregentur, et amoveamus lapidem de ore putei, ut adaquemus greges.
9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Adhuc loquebantur, et ecce Rachel veniebat cum ovibus patris sui: nam gregem ipsa pascebat.
10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
Quam cum vidisset Jacob, et sciret consobrinam suam, ovesque Laban avunculi sui, amovit lapidem quo puteus claudebatur.
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
Et adaquato grege, osculatus est eam: et elevata voce flevit,
12 He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
et indicavit ei quod frater esset patris sui, et filius Rebeccæ: at illa festinans nuntiavit patri suo.
13 When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Qui cum audisset venisse Jacob filium sororis suæ, cucurrit obviam ei: complexusque eum, et in oscula ruens, duxit in domum suam. Auditis autem causis itineris,
14 Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
respondit: Os meum es, et caro mea. Et postquam impleti sunt dies mensis unius,
15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
dixit ei: Num quia frater meus es, gratis servies mihi? dic quid mercedis accipias.
16 Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
Habebat vero duas filias: nomen majoris Lia, minor vero appellabatur Rachel.
17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Sed Lia lippis erat oculis: Rachel decora facie, et venusto aspectu.
18 Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Quam diligens Jacob, ait: Serviam tibi pro Rachel filia tua minore, septem annis.
19 Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
Respondit Laban: Melius est ut tibi eam dem quam alteri viro: mane apud me.
20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
Servivit ergo Jacob pro Rachel septem annis: et videbantur illi pauci dies præ amoris magnitudine.
21 Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Dixitque ad Laban: Da mihi uxorem meam: quia jam tempus impletum est, ut ingrediar ad illam.
22 So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
Qui vocatis multis amicorum turbis ad convivium, fecit nuptias.
23 But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
Et vespere Liam filiam suam introduxit ad eum,
24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
dans ancillam filiæ, Zelpham nomine. Ad quam cum ex more Jacob fuisset ingressus, facto mane vidit Liam:
25 When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
et dixit ad socerum suum: Quid est quod facere voluisti? nonne pro Rachel servivi tibi? quare imposuisti mihi?
26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Respondit Laban: Non est in loco nostro consuetudinis, ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias.
27 Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
Imple hebdomadam dierum hujus copulæ: et hanc quoque dabo tibi pro opere quo serviturus es mihi septem annis aliis.
28 And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Acquievit placito: et hebdomada transacta, Rachel duxit uxorem:
29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
cui pater servam Balam tradiderat.
30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Tandemque potitus optatis nuptiis, amorem sequentis priori prætulit, serviens apud eum septem annis aliis.
31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Videns autem Dominus quod despiceret Liam, aperuit vulvam ejus, sorore sterili permanente.
32 And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Quæ conceptum genuit filium, vocavitque nomen ejus Ruben, dicens: Vidit Dominus humilitatem meam: nunc amabit me vir meus.
33 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
Rursumque concepit et peperit filium, et ait: Quoniam audivit me Dominus haberi contemptui, dedit etiam istum mihi; vocavitque nomen ejus Simeon.
34 Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Concepitque tertio, et genuit alium filium: dixitque: Nunc quoque copulabitur mihi maritus meus: eo quod pepererim ei tres filios: et idcirco appellavit nomen ejus Levi.
35 And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
Quarto concepit, et peperit filium, et ait: Modo confitebor Domino, et ob hoc vocavit eum Judam: cessavitque parere.
