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Now whan Iacob awaked from his slepe, he saide: Surely the LORDE is in this place, and I knew not.

And Iacob arose early in the mornynge, and toke the stone that he had layed vnder his heade, and set it vp, and poured oyle vpon it.

Then Iacob gat him vp vpon his fete, and wente in to the east countre,

and thyther they vsed to brynge the flockes, and to roule the stone from ye mouth of the well, and to geue the shepe drynke, & so they put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth in to his place.

He sayde: Is he in good health? They answered: he is in good health. And lo, there commeth his doughter Rachel with the shepe.

Whan Iacob sawe Rachel ye doughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother, he wete, & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, and gaue his mothers brother shepe to drynke,

and kyssed Rachel, lift vp his voyce, and wepte,

Wha Laban herde of Iacob his sisters sonne, he ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, and kyssed him, and brought him in to his house. And so he tolde him all this matter.

But at eue he toke his doughter Lea, and brought her in vnto him, and he laye wt her.

And Laban gaue Zilpa his mayde vnto his doughter Lea to be hir mayde.

Iacob dyd so, & helde out yt weke. Then gaue he him Rachel his doughter to wyfe.

And Laban gaue Bilha his mayden vnto Rachel his doughter to be hir mayden.

She coceaued yet agayne, and bare a sonne, and sayde: Now wyll my hußbande kepe me company agayne, for I haue borne him thre sonnes, therfore called she his name Leui.

Ruben wente out in the tyme of ye wheate haruest, and founde Mandragoras in the felde, and brought them home vnto his mother Lea. Then sayde Rachel vnto Lea: Geue me some of yi sonnes Madragoras.

And that same daye he sundered out the speckled and partye coloured goates, and all the spotted and partye coloured kyddes (where there was eny whyte vpon them) and all that was black amonge the lambes, and put them vnder the hande of his children,

Then Iacob parted ye lambes, and put them to the flocke vnto the spotted: and all that was blacke in Labans flocke, that put he vnto the spotted. And he made him a flocke of his owne, which he put not vnto Labans flocke.

Then sent Iacob and bad call Rachel and Lea in to the felde to his flockes,

So Iacob gat vp, and set his children and wyues vpon Camels,

and caried awaye all his catell and all his substaunce, that he had gotten at Mesopotamia, yt he might come vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan.

Laba was gone to clyppe his flocke, and Rachel stale hir fathers ymages.