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And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know him.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.

And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the shepherds roll the stone from the wells mouth; then we water the sheep.

Thus Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days because he was in love with her.

And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the running water, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

And it came to pass, whenever the stronger of the flock did conceive, Jacob laid the rods in front of the sheep in the troughs, that they might conceive by the means of the rods.

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days journey; and they overtook him on mount Gilead.

And Laban said to Jacob, What have I clone to you, that you have deceived me and carried away my daughters as though they were captives taken with the sword?

Behold you have searched all my baggage, and what have you found of all your household articles? Put it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. and all that you see is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?

And Jacob said to his brethren. Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap; and they did eat there upon the heap.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat food, and spent the night on the mountain.

Then you shall say to him, They belong to your servant Jacob; they are a present which he has sent to my lord Esau; and, behold, also he is coming behind us.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him; and they wept.

Then Esau raised his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Where did you get these? And Jacob said to him, They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.

Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Jacob heard that Dinah his daughter had been defiled; now his sons were with the cattle in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.

And the sons of Jacob came from the field, and when they heard the news, they were grieved; and they were very indignant, because they had wrought folly in Israel in the disgracing of Jacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because they had defiled Dinah their sister,

And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us;