8. But they said, “We can’t, not until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled away from the mouth of the well—then we water the flock.”
9. While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with the flock that belonged to her father (for she was a shepherdess).
10. Now when Jacob saw Rachel (the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother), Jacob stepped forward and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered the flock of Laban, his mother’s brother.
11. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
12. Then Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.
13. Now when Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, hugged and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Then he told Laban all these things.
14. Laban said to him, “Surely you are my own bone and flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.
15. Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you, my relative, serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?”
16. Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17. Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.
18. Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, “Let me serve you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
19. Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than I give her to another man! Stay with me.”
20. So Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, yet in his eyes it was like a few days, because of his love for her.
21. Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are completed, so I may go to her.”