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And it happened on that day Isaac's slaves came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, We found water.

And they were a grief of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field. And, behold, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for from that well they watered the flocks, and the stone on the mouth of the well was great.

And all the flocks were usually gathered there, and they rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep, and replaced the stone on the mouth of the well, to its place.

And Jacob said to them, My brothers, from where are you? And they said, We are from Haran.

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

And he said to them, Well-being to him? And they said, Well-being. And, behold, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep.

And they said, We are not able until all the flocks are gathered and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes like a few days, in his love for her.

And he set the rods which he had peeled by the troughs, by the water troughs where the flocks came to drink, across from the flocks. And they were in heat when they came to drink.

And it happened that whenever the strong flocks conceived, Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the flocks, before the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.

And He said, Lift up your eyes and see all the rams leaping on the flock; they are striped, speckled and spotted. For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters and the sons my sons. And the flocks are my flocks; yea, all which you see, it is mine and my daughters'.What can I do to these today, or to theirsons whom they have borne?

And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and they made a memorial pillar.

And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread and lodged on the mountain.

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

And the slave-girls came near, they and their children; and they bowed.

And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are suckling. And if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

And Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. And his sons were with his livestock in the field. And Jacob kept silent until they had come.

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard, and the men were furious, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob, and it should not be done in this way.