Genesis 29
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
1Profectus ergo Jacob venit in terram orientalem.
2He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large.
2Et vidit puteum in agro, tres quoque greges ovium accubantes juxta eum: nam ex illo adaquabantur pecora, et os ejus grandi lapide claudebatur.
3There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back on the well’s mouth in its place.
3Morisque erat ut cunctis ovibus congregatis devolverent lapidem, et refectis gregibus rursum super os putei ponerent.
4Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
4Dixitque ad pastores: Fratres, unde estis? Qui responderunt: De Haran.
5He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
5Quos interrogans, Numquid, ait, nostis Laban filium Nachor? Dixerunt: Novimus.
6He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
6Sanusne est? inquit. Valet, inquiunt: et ecce Rachel filia ejus venit cum grege suo.
7He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”
7Dixitque Jacob: Adhuc multum diei superest, nec est tempus ut reducantur ad caulas greges: date ante potum ovibus, et sic eas ad pastum reducite.
8They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”
8Qui responderunt: Non possumus, donec omnia pecora congregentur, et amoveamus lapidem de ore putei, ut adaquemus greges.
9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
9Adhuc loquebantur, et ecce Rachel veniebat cum ovibus patris sui: nam gregem ipsa pascebat.
10When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
10Quam cum vidisset Jacob, et sciret consobrinam suam, ovesque Laban avunculi sui, amovit lapidem quo puteus claudebatur.
11Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
11Et adaquato grege, osculatus est eam: et elevata voce flevit,
12Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.
12et indicavit ei quod frater esset patris sui, et filius Rebeccæ: at illa festinans nuntiavit patri suo.
13When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
13Qui cum audisset venisse Jacob filium sororis suæ, cucurrit obviam ei: complexusque eum, et in oscula ruens, duxit in domum suam. Auditis autem causis itineris,
14Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month.
14respondit: Os meum es, et caro mea. Et postquam impleti sunt dies mensis unius,
15Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?”
15dixit ei: Num quia frater meus es, gratis servies mihi? dic quid mercedis accipias.
16Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
16Habebat vero duas filias: nomen majoris Lia, minor vero appellabatur Rachel.
17Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
17Sed Lia lippis erat oculis: Rachel decora facie, et venusto aspectu.
18Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
18Quam diligens Jacob, ait: Serviam tibi pro Rachel filia tua minore, septem annis.
19Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”
19Respondit Laban: Melius est ut tibi eam dem quam alteri viro: mane apud me.
20Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
20Servivit ergo Jacob pro Rachel septem annis: et videbantur illi pauci dies præ amoris magnitudine.
21Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
21Dixitque ad Laban: Da mihi uxorem meam: quia jam tempus impletum est, ut ingrediar ad illam.
22Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
22Qui vocatis multis amicorum turbis ad convivium, fecit nuptias.
23In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.
23Et vespere Liam filiam suam introduxit ad eum,
24Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.
24dans ancillam filiæ, Zelpham nomine. Ad quam cum ex more Jacob fuisset ingressus, facto mane vidit Liam:
25In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
25et dixit ad socerum suum: Quid est quod facere voluisti? nonne pro Rachel servivi tibi? quare imposuisti mihi?
26Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
26Respondit Laban: Non est in loco nostro consuetudinis, ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias.
27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”
27Imple hebdomadam dierum hujus copulæ: et hanc quoque dabo tibi pro opere quo serviturus es mihi septem annis aliis.
28Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
28Acquievit placito: et hebdomada transacta, Rachel duxit uxorem:
29Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.
29cui pater servam Balam tradiderat.
30He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.
30Tandemque potitus optatis nuptiis, amorem sequentis priori prætulit, serviens apud eum septem annis aliis.
31The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
31Videns autem Dominus quod despiceret Liam, aperuit vulvam ejus, sorore sterili permanente.
32Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because the LORD has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”
32Quæ conceptum genuit filium, vocavitque nomen ejus Ruben, dicens: Vidit Dominus humilitatem meam: nunc amabit me vir meus.
33She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon.
33Rursumque concepit et peperit filium, et ait: Quoniam audivit me Dominus haberi contemptui, dedit etiam istum mihi; vocavitque nomen ejus Simeon.
34She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.
34Concepitque tertio, et genuit alium filium: dixitque: Nunc quoque copulabitur mihi maritus meus: eo quod pepererim ei tres filios: et idcirco appellavit nomen ejus Levi.
35She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
35Quarto concepit, et peperit filium, et ait: Modo confitebor Domino, et ob hoc vocavit eum Judam: cessavitque parere.
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