Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 29:10-15 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

10. When Jacob saw her and his uncle's sheep, he rolled the rock away and watered the sheep.

11. He then kissed Rachel and started crying because he was so happy.

12. He told her that he was the son of her aunt Rebekah, and she ran and told her father about him.

13. As soon as Laban heard the news, he ran out to meet Jacob. He hugged and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him everything that had happened.

14. Laban said, “You are my nephew, and you are like one of my own family.”After Jacob had been there for a month,

15. Laban said to him, “You shouldn't have to work without pay, just because you are a relative of mine. What do you want me to give you?”