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Genesis 29:8-13 Good News Bible (GNB)

8. They answered, “We can't do that until all the flocks are here and the stone has been rolled back; then we will water the flocks.”

9. While Jacob was still talking to them, Rachel arrived with the flock.

10. When Jacob saw Rachel with his uncle Laban's flock, he went to the well, rolled the stone back, and watered the sheep.

11. Then he kissed her and began to cry for joy.

12. He told her, “I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca.”She ran to tell her father;

13. and when he heard the news about his nephew Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him and kissed him, and brought him into the house. When Jacob told Laban everything that had happened,