Jacob And Rachel

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

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of 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 but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. — 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 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 came, 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 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 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 also. — read the full passage →

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

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 into the land of the people of the east. — read the full passage →

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, 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 womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford 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, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, 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 into the land of the people of the east.

And Leah also with 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 it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

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 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 two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent. — read the full passage →

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

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon 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 her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

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

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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; and said, The Lord shall 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 in all places whither 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, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left 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?

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

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

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

And Jacob loved Rachel; and 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 heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every 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 →

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. — read the full passage →

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

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

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. — read the full passage →

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

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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 →

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

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

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

And it came to pass, as her soul was in 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, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

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

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

And it came to pass, that in the morning, 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 unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an 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 →

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them. — read the full passage →

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

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

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took 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, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

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

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

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