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      ¹¹And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

      ¹²And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.

      ¹³And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

      ¹⁴And Laban said to him: 'Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.' And he abode with him the space of a month.

      ¹⁵And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'

      ¹⁶Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

      ¹⁷And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.

      ¹⁸And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'

      ¹⁹And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.'

      ²⁰And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

      ²¹And Jacob said unto Laban: 'Give me my wife, for my days are filled, that I may go in unto her.'

      ²²And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

      ²³And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

      ²⁴And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

      ²⁵And 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?'

      ²⁶And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

      ²⁷Fulfil 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.'

      ²⁸And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

      ²⁹And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.

      ³⁰And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

      ³¹And the Lord saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

³²And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said: 'Because the Lord ³⁰hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.'

³³And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Because the Lord ³¹hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.' And she called his name ³²Simeon.

³⁴And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Now this time will my husband be ³³joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore was his name called Levi.

³⁵And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: 'This time will I ³⁴praise the Lord.' Therefore she called his name ³⁵Judah; and she left off bearing.

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      30And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die.'

      ²And 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?'

      ³And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.'

      ⁴And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.

      ⁵And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

⁶And Rachel said: 'God hath ³⁶judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.' Therefore called she his name Dan.

      ⁷And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

⁸And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I ³⁷wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali.

      ⁹When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

      ¹⁰And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.

¹¹And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name ³⁸Gad.

      ¹²And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.

¹³And Leah said: 'Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.' And she called his name ³⁹Asher.

      ¹⁴And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.'

      ¹⁵And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.'

      ¹⁶And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said: 'Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes.' And he lay with her that night.

      ¹⁷And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

¹⁸And Leah said: 'God hath given me my ⁴⁰hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

      ¹⁹And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

²⁰And Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband ⁴¹dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun.

      ²¹And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

      ²²And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

²³And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God ⁴²hath taken away my reproach.'

²⁴And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The Lord ⁴³add to me another son.'

      ²⁵And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban: 'Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

      ²⁶Give 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.'

      ²⁷And Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes—I have observed the signs, and the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.'

      ²⁸And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'

      ²⁹And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

      ³⁰For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased abundantly; and the Lord hath blessed thee whithersoever

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