Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.

Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child while Rachel had no children.

Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.

And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah after this she had no more children for a time.

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.

And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons

Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

He said, Make room for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

And the news of it went out into all that land.

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.