Genesis 29 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Profectus ergo Jacob venit in terram orientalem.
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
2 Et vidit puteum in agro, tres quoque greges ovium accubantes juxta eum: nam ex illo adaquabantur pecora, et os ejus grandi lapide claudebatur.
2 He 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.
3 Morisque erat ut cunctis ovibus congregatis devolverent lapidem, et refectis gregibus rursum super os putei ponerent.
3 There 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.
4 Dixitque ad pastores: Fratres, unde estis? Qui responderunt: De Haran.
4 Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
5 Quos interrogans, Numquid, ait, nostis Laban filium Nachor? Dixerunt: Novimus.
5 He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
6 Sanusne est? inquit. Valet, inquiunt: et ecce Rachel filia ejus venit cum grege suo.
6 He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
7 Dixitque Jacob: Adhuc multum diei superest, nec est tempus ut reducantur ad caulas greges: date ante potum ovibus, et sic eas ad pastum reducite.
7 He 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.”
8 Qui responderunt: Non possumus, donec omnia pecora congregentur, et amoveamus lapidem de ore putei, ut adaquemus greges.
8 They 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.”
9 Adhuc loquebantur, et ecce Rachel veniebat cum ovibus patris sui: nam gregem ipsa pascebat.
9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
10 Quam cum vidisset Jacob, et sciret consobrinam suam, ovesque Laban avunculi sui, amovit lapidem quo puteus claudebatur.
10 When 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.
11 Et adaquato grege, osculatus est eam: et elevata voce flevit,
11 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
12 et indicavit ei quod frater esset patris sui, et filius Rebeccæ: at illa festinans nuntiavit patri suo.
12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.
13 Qui cum audisset venisse Jacob filium sororis suæ, cucurrit obviam ei: complexusque eum, et in oscula ruens, duxit in domum suam. Auditis autem causis itineris,
13 When 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.
14 respondit: Os meum es, et caro mea. Et postquam impleti sunt dies mensis unius,
14 Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month.
15 dixit ei: Num quia frater meus es, gratis servies mihi? dic quid mercedis accipias.
15 Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?”
16 Habebat vero duas filias: nomen majoris Lia, minor vero appellabatur Rachel.
16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Sed Lia lippis erat oculis: Rachel decora facie, et venusto aspectu.
17 Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
18 Quam diligens Jacob, ait: Serviam tibi pro Rachel filia tua minore, septem annis.
18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
19 Respondit Laban: Melius est ut tibi eam dem quam alteri viro: mane apud me.
19 Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”
20 Servivit ergo Jacob pro Rachel septem annis: et videbantur illi pauci dies præ amoris magnitudine.
20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
21 Dixitque ad Laban: Da mihi uxorem meam: quia jam tempus impletum est, ut ingrediar ad illam.
21 Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
22 Qui vocatis multis amicorum turbis ad convivium, fecit nuptias.
22 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 Et vespere Liam filiam suam introduxit ad eum,
23 In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.
24 dans ancillam filiæ, Zelpham nomine. Ad quam cum ex more Jacob fuisset ingressus, facto mane vidit Liam:
24 Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.
25 et dixit ad socerum suum: Quid est quod facere voluisti? nonne pro Rachel servivi tibi? quare imposuisti mihi?
25 In 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?”
26 Respondit Laban: Non est in loco nostro consuetudinis, ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias.
26 Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 Imple hebdomadam dierum hujus copulæ: et hanc quoque dabo tibi pro opere quo serviturus es mihi septem annis aliis.
27 Fulfill 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.”
28 Acquievit placito: et hebdomada transacta, Rachel duxit uxorem:
28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
29 cui pater servam Balam tradiderat.
29 Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.
30 Tandemque potitus optatis nuptiis, amorem sequentis priori prætulit, serviens apud eum septem annis aliis.
30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.
31 Videns autem Dominus quod despiceret Liam, aperuit vulvam ejus, sorore sterili permanente.
31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
32 Quæ conceptum genuit filium, vocavitque nomen ejus Ruben, dicens: Vidit Dominus humilitatem meam: nunc amabit me vir meus.
32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”
33 Rursumque concepit et peperit filium, et ait: Quoniam audivit me Dominus haberi contemptui, dedit etiam istum mihi; vocavitque nomen ejus Simeon.
33 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon.
34 Concepitque tertio, et genuit alium filium: dixitque: Nunc quoque copulabitur mihi maritus meus: eo quod pepererim ei tres filios: et idcirco appellavit nomen ejus Levi.
34 She 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.
35 Quarto concepit, et peperit filium, et ait: Modo confitebor Domino, et ob hoc vocavit eum Judam: cessavitque parere.
35 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Judah
The lion of the tribes, from whom kings and the Messiah would come.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:35; 38; 49:8–12
Laban
Bethuel's son and Rebekah's brother, who welcomed Abraham's servant, later became Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, deceived him by giving him Leah, and pursued him to Gilead when…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 24:29; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 29:13
Leah
Jacob's first wife, the unloved sister who became mother of six tribes and Dinah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-30
Levi
A son of Leah whose tribe was set apart for the service of God.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:34; 34; Exodus 6:16–20
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
Reuben
Jacob's firstborn, who forfeited his standing by a grave offense.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:32; 35:22; 49:3–4
Simeon
A son of Leah whose fierce anger drew his father's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:33; 34; 49:5–7
Cross references (32)
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- 1 Judges 6:3; Hosea 12:12; Judges 6:33; Psalm 119:32; Psalm 119:60
- 2 John 4:14; John 4:6; Isaiah 49:10; Revelation 7:17; Song of Songs 1:6–7
- 4 Genesis 28:10; Genesis 27:43; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 24:10; Acts 7:2
- 5 Genesis 24:29; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 31:53
- 6 Genesis 43:27; 2 Samuel 20:9; 1 Samuel 17:22; Exodus 18:7; Genesis 37:14
- 7 Ephesians 5:16; Galatians 6:9–10
- 8 Mark 16:3; Luke 24:2; Genesis 34:14; Genesis 29:3; Genesis 43:32
- 9 Exodus 2:21; Song of Songs 1:7–8; Exodus 2:15–16; Genesis 24:15
- 10 Exodus 2:17
- 11 Genesis 33:4; Genesis 45:2; Genesis 43:30; Genesis 45:14–15; Genesis 29:13
- 12 Genesis 24:28; Genesis 13:8; Genesis 14:14–16
- 13 Genesis 24:29; Luke 7:45; Acts 20:37; Exodus 18:7; Genesis 45:15
- 14 2 Samuel 19:12–13; Genesis 2:23; Judges 9:2; 2 Samuel 5:1; Genesis 29:12
- 15 Genesis 30:28; Genesis 31:7
- 16 Ruth 4:11; Genesis 49:31; Genesis 30:19; Genesis 31:4; Genesis 29:25–32
- 17 Genesis 12:11; Genesis 35:19–20; Genesis 29:18; 1 Samuel 10:2; Genesis 35:24
- 18 Hosea 12:12; Exodus 22:16–17; Genesis 34:12; Hosea 3:2; 2 Samuel 3:14
- 19 Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 6:5; Psalm 12:2
- 20 1 Corinthians 13:7; Hosea 12:12; Ephesians 5:2; Song of Songs 8:6–7; Genesis 24:67
- 21 Judges 15:1; Genesis 4:1; Genesis 38:16; Matthew 1:18; Genesis 31:41
- 22 Revelation 19:9; Judges 14:10–18; Matthew 25:1–10; Matthew 22:2–10; Ruth 4:10–13
- 23 Micah 7:5; Genesis 24:65; Genesis 38:14–15
- 24 Genesis 16:1; Genesis 30:9–12; Genesis 46:18; Genesis 24:59
- 25 Matthew 7:2; Proverbs 11:31; Genesis 27:35–36; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Revelation 3:19
- 27 Leviticus 18:18; Judges 14:12; Judges 14:10; Genesis 2:2–3; Genesis 8:10–12
- 29 Genesis 29:24; Genesis 35:22; Genesis 30:3–8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 37:2
- 30 Genesis 31:41; Genesis 44:27; Matthew 10:37; Genesis 29:20; Genesis 29:18
- 31 1 Samuel 2:21; Psalm 127:3; Genesis 20:18–21:2; Deuteronomy 21:15; Genesis 30:1–2
- 32 Deuteronomy 26:7; Exodus 4:31; Exodus 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:11; Genesis 42:27
- 33 Genesis 34:25; Genesis 30:8; Genesis 42:24; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 30:6
- 34 Exodus 32:26–29; Genesis 49:5–7; Numbers 18:2–4; Genesis 46:11; Genesis 34:25
- 35 Matthew 1:2; Genesis 49:8–12; 1 Chronicles 5:2; Genesis 35:26; Deuteronomy 33:7
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For let us remember Jacob who before he received Rachel, said to Laban, Give me my wife.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)