Jacob And Rachel

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. — read the full passage →

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. — read the full passage →

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. — read the full passage →

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. — read the full passage →

the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. — read the full passage →

And Leah’s eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? — read the full passage →

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, — read the full passage →

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. — read the full passage →

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, — read the full passage →

These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. — read the full passage →

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, — read the full passage →

And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.

Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.

And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, — read the full passage →

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. — read the full passage →

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. — read the full passage →

Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! WhenI should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me. — read the full passage →

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee? — read the full passage →

For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. — read the full passage →

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. — read the full passage →

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. — read the full passage →

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. — read the full passage →

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. — read the full passage →

but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. — read the full passage →

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? — read the full passage →

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? — read the full passage →

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? — read the full passage →

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, — read the full passage →

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, — read the full passage →

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory. — read the full passage →

And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.

And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.

And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? — read the full passage →

And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. — read the full passage →

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them. — read the full passage →

And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint: — read the full passage →

And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. — read the full passage →

Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee: — read the full passage →

Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.