3. Shepherds would roll the rock away when all their sheep had gathered there. Then after the sheep had been watered, the shepherds would roll the rock back over the mouth of the well.
4. Jacob asked the shepherds, “Where are you from?”“We're from Haran,” they answered.
5. Then he asked, “Do you know Nahor's grandson Laban?”“Yes we do,” they replied.
6. “How is he?” Jacob asked.“He's fine,” they answered. “And here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
7. Jacob told them, “Look, the sun is still high up in the sky, and it's too early to bring in the rest of the flocks. Water your sheep and take them back to the pasture.”
8. But they replied, “We can't do that until they all get here, and the rock has been rolled away from the well.”
9. While Jacob was still talking with the men, his cousin Rachel came up with her father's sheep.
28-30. At the end of the week of celebration, Laban let Jacob marry Rachel, and he gave her his servant woman Bilhah. Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, but he had to work another seven years for Laban.
31. The Lord knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.
32. Leah gave birth to a son and named him Reuben, because she said, “The Lord has taken away my sorrow. Now my husband will love me more than he does Rachel.”
33. She had a second son and named him Simeon, because she said, “The Lord has heard that my husband doesn't love me.”
34. When Leah's third son was born, she said, “Now my husband will hold me close.” So this son was named Levi.
35. She had one more son and named him Judah, because she said, “I'll praise the Lord!”