Genesis 29
1 and to lift: journey Jacob foot his and to go: come land: country/planet [to] son: descendant/people front: east
Jacob went quickly on his way, and arrived in the land of the eastern people.
2 and to see: see and behold well in/on/with land: country and behold there three flock flock to stretch upon her for from [the] well [the] he/she/it to water: watering [the] flock and [the] stone great: large upon lip [the] well
As he looked around he saw a well in a field with three flocks of sheep lying down beside it, waiting to be given water. A large stone covered the top of the well.
3 and to gather there [to] all [the] flock and to roll [obj] [the] stone from upon lip [the] well and to water: watering [obj] [the] flock and to return: return [obj] [the] stone upon lip [the] well to/for place her
The usual practice was that once all the flocks had arrived, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the well and give their sheep water. Then they would put the stone back again.
4 and to say to/for them Jacob brother: male-sibling my from where? you(m. p.) and to say from Haran we
Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they replied.
5 and to say to/for them to know [obj] Laban son: descendant/people Nahor and to say to know
“Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?” he asked. “Yes, we know him,” they replied.
6 and to say to/for them peace: well-being to/for him and to say peace: well-being and behold Rachel daughter his to come (in): come with [the] flock
“How is he?” he asked. “He's well,” they replied. “Look! In fact here's his daughter Rachel coming with the sheep right now.”
7 and to say look! still [the] day great: large not time to gather [the] livestock to water: watering [the] flock and to go: went to pasture
“Look, there's still plenty of daylight left,” said Jacob. “It's too early to round up the sheep yet. Why not let them drink so they can go back to grazing?”
8 and to say not be able till which to gather all [the] flock and to roll [obj] [the] stone from upon lip [the] well and to water: watering [the] flock
“We can't do that until all the flocks have arrived,” they told him. “Then we roll away the stone from the well and let the sheep drink.”
9 still he to speak: speak with them and Rachel to come (in): come with [the] flock which to/for father her for to pasture he/she/it
While he was still talking with them Rachel arrived with the flock she was looking after for her father.
10 and to be like/as as which to see: see Jacob [obj] Rachel daughter Laban brother: male-sibling mother his and [obj] flock Laban brother: male-sibling mother his and to approach: approach Jacob and to roll [obj] [the] stone from upon lip [the] well and to water: watering [obj] flock Laban brother: male-sibling mother his
When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, he went over and rolled away the stone from the well so Laban's sheep could drink.
11 and to kiss Jacob to/for Rachel and to lift: loud [obj] voice his and to weep
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept for joy.
12 and to tell Jacob to/for Rachel for brother: male-relative father her he/she/it and for son: child Rebekah he/she/it and to run: run and to tell to/for father her
(He had told her that he was the son of Laban's brother and Rebekah.) She ran and told her father what had happened.
13 and to be like/as to hear: hear Laban [obj] report Jacob son: child sister his and to run: run to/for to encounter: meet him and to embrace to/for him and to kiss to/for him and to come (in): bring him to(wards) house: home his and to recount to/for Laban [obj] all [the] word: thing [the] these
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob he ran out to meet him. He hugged him and kissed him, and took him home. After Jacob had explained everything to Laban,
14 and to say to/for him Laban surely bone my and flesh my you(m. s.) and to dwell with him month day
Laban told him, “No question about it—you're my own flesh and blood!” Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
15 and to say Laban to/for Jacob for brother: male-relative my you(m. s.) and to serve me for nothing to tell [emph?] to/for me what? wage your
One day Laban said to him, “You're my relative so you shouldn't be working for me for nothing! Tell me, what should I pay you?”
16 and to/for Laban two daughter name [the] great: old Leah and name [the] small Rachel
Laban had two daughters. The older one was Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
17 and eye Leah tender and Rachel to be beautiful appearance and beautiful appearance
Leah had kind eyes, but Rachel had a shapely figure and beautiful looks.
18 and to love: lover Jacob [obj] Rachel and to say to serve you seven year in/on/with Rachel daughter your [the] small
Jacob was in love with Rachel so he promised Laban, “I'll do seven years work for you for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
19 and to say Laban (pleasant *LB(ah)*) to give: give I [obj] her to/for you from to give: give I [obj] her to/for man another to dwell [emph?] with me me
“Well it's better for me to give her to you than anyone else,” Laban replied. “So stay here and work for me.”
20 and to serve Jacob in/on/with Rachel seven year and to be in/on/with eye: appearance his like/as day one in/on/with love his [obj] her
Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he really loved her.
21 and to say Jacob to(wards) Laban to give [emph?] [obj] woman: wife my for to fill day my and to come (in): come to(wards) her
Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wife.”
22 and to gather Laban [obj] all human [the] place and to make feast
So Laban organized a wedding banquet and invited everyone around to come.
23 and to be in/on/with evening and to take: take [obj] Leah daughter his and to come (in): bring [obj] her to(wards) him and to come (in): come to(wards) her
But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24 and to give: give Laban to/for her [obj] Zilpah maidservant his to/for Leah daughter his maidservant
(Laban also arranged for his servant Zilpah to be Leah's personal maid.)
25 and to be in/on/with morning and behold he/she/it Leah and to say to(wards) Laban what? this to make: do to/for me not in/on/with Rachel to serve with you and to/for what? to deceive me
When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me? It was for Rachel that I worked for you! Why have you deceived me?”
26 and to say Laban not to make: do so in/on/with place our to/for to give: give(marriage) [the] little to/for face: before [the] firstborn
“Here we don't give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn,” Laban replied.
27 to fill week this and to give: give(marriage) to/for you also [obj] this in/on/with service which to serve with me me still seven year another
“Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long as you work another seven years for me.”
28 and to make: do Jacob so and to fill week this and to give: give(marriage) to/for him [obj] Rachel daughter his to/for him to/for woman: wife
Jacob agreed. He finished the week of wedding celebrations for Leah, and then Laban gave Jacob his daughter Rachel as his wife as well.
29 and to give: give Laban to/for Rachel daughter his [obj] Bilhah maidservant his to/for her to/for maidservant
(Laban also arranged for his servant Bilhah to be Rachel's personal maid.)
30 and to come (in): come also to(wards) Rachel and to love: lover also [obj] Rachel from Leah and to serve with him still seven year another
So Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another seven years for Rachel.
31 and to see: see LORD for to hate Leah and to open [obj] womb her and Rachel barren
The Lord saw that Leah wasn't loved he helped Leah to have children, but not Rachel.
32 and to conceive Leah and to beget son: child and to call: call by name his Reuben for to say for to see: see LORD in/on/with affliction my for now to love: lover me man: husband my
Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suffering and now my husband will love me!”
33 and to conceive still and to beget son: child and to say for to hear: hear LORD for to hate I and to give: give to/for me also [obj] this and to call: call by name his Simeon
Then Leah became pregnant again, and had another son. She said, “The Lord has heard that I'm not loved so he gave me this son.” So she named him Simeon.
34 and to conceive still and to beget son: child and to say now [the] beat to join man: husband my to(wards) me for to beget to/for him three son: child upon so to call: call by name his Levi
Leah became pregnant for the third time, and had another son. She said, “Finally my husband will be attached to me because now I've given him three sons.” That's why he was named Levi.
35 and to conceive still and to beget son: child and to say [the] beat to give thanks [obj] LORD upon so to call: call by name his Judah and to stand: stand from to beget
Once again Leah became pregnant and had another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I can really praise the Lord!” After that she had no more children.
