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¹Yakup ayaklarını kaldırıp yola koyuldu ve doğu halklarının ülkesine, Suriyeli Betuel'in oğlu, Yakup ile Esav'ın annesi Rebeka'nın kardeşi Laban'ın yanına gitti.

²Ve ovada bir kuyu gördü; orada kuyunun üzerinde dinlenmekte olan üç koyun sürüsü vardı. Çünkü sürüleri o kuyudan sularlardı; kuyunun ağzında ise büyük bir taş vardı.

³Bütün sürüler oraya toplandığında, taşı kuyunun ağzından yuvarlar, koyunları sular ve sonra taşı yine kuyunun ağzındaki eski yerine geri koyarlardı.

⁴Yakup onlara, "Kardeşlerim, siz neredensiniz?" dedi. Onlar da, "Harran'danız" dediler.

⁵Onlara, "Nahor'un oğlu Laban'ı tanıyor musunuz?" dedi. Onlar da, "Tanıyoruz" dediler.

⁶Onlara, "Esenlikte midir?" diye sordu. Onlar da, "Esenliktedir; işte kızı Rahel de koyunlarla birlikte geliyor" dediler.

⁷Yakup, "Bakın, daha gün çoktur, hayvanların toplanma vakti henüz değildir; koyunları sulayın, sonra gidip otlatın" dedi.

⁸Ama onlar, "Bütün çobanlar toplanıp taşı kuyunun ağzından yuvarlamadıkça bunu yapamayız; ancak o zaman koyunları sulayabiliriz" dediler.

⁹Yakup onlarla henüz konuşurken, Rahel babasının koyunlarıyla çıkageldi; çünkü babasının koyunlarını bizzat kendisi otlatıyordu.

¹⁰Yakup, annesinin kardeşi Laban'ın kızı Rahel'i ve annesinin kardeşi Laban'ın koyunlarını görünce, hemen yaklaşıp taşı kuyunun ağzından yuvarladı ve annesinin kardeşi Laban'ın koyunlarını suladı.

¹¹Yakup Rahel'i öptü ve hıçkıra hıçkıra ağladı.

¹²Yakup Rahel'e, babasının yakın akrabası ve Rebeka'nın oğlu olduğunu anlattı. Rahel de koşup babasına aynen bu sözlerle haber verdi.

¹³Laban, kız kardeşinin oğlu Yakup'un adını duyunca, onu karşılamak için koştu; onu kucaklayıp öptü ve evine getirdi. Yakup olup biten her şeyi Laban'a anlattı.

¹⁴Laban ona, "Sen gerçekten benim kemiğimden ve benim etimdensin" dedi. Ve Yakup onun yanında bir ay boyunca kaldı.

¹⁵Laban Yakup'a, "Kardeşimsin diye bana bedava mı hizmet edeceksin? Söyle bana, ücretin ne olsun?" dedi.

¹⁶Laban'ın iki kızı vardı; yaşça büyük olanının adı Lea, daha genç olanının adı ise Rahel'di.

¹⁷Lea'nın gözleri feri sönüktü; Rahel ise endamıyla güzel ve görünüşüyle son derece çekiciydi.

¹⁸Yakup Rahel'i sevmişti. Bu yüzden, "Küçük kızın Rahel karşılığında sana yedi yıl hizmet ederim" dedi.

¹⁹Laban, "Onu sana vermem, başka bir adama vermemden daha iyidir; yanımda kal" dedi.

²⁰Yakup Rahel için yedi yıl hizmet etti; Rahel'e olan sevgisinden ötürü bu süre ona birkaç gün gibi geldi.

²¹Sonra Yakup Laban'a, "Karımı bana ver, günlerim tamamlandı; artık onunla birleşeyim" dedi.

²²Laban oranın bütün adamlarını topladı ve bir düğün şöleni verdi.

²³Akşam olunca kızı Lea'yı alıp Yakup'a götürdü; Yakup da onunla birleşti.

²⁴Laban, kızı Lea'ya hizmet etmesi için kendi cariyesi Zilpa'yı ona cariye olarak verdi.

²⁵Sabah olunca, bir de baktı ki karşısındaki Lea! Yakup Laban'a, "Bana bu yaptığın nedir? Ben sana Rahel için hizmet etmedim mi? Niçin beni aldattın?" dedi.

²⁶Laban, "Bizim buralarda büyük kız dururken küçüğünü evlendirmek adet değildir" diye yanıtladı.

²⁷"Bunun düğün haftasını tamamla, sonra yanımda yapacağın yedi yıllık hizmet karşılığında öbürünü de sana veririz."

²⁸Yakup denileni yaptı ve onun düğün haftasını tamamladı. Bunun üzerine Laban, kızı Rahel'i de ona karı olarak verdi.

²⁹Laban, kızı Rahel'e hizmet etmesi için kendi cariyesi Bilha'yı ona cariye olarak verdi.

³⁰Yakup Rahel ile de birleşti; Rahel'i Lea'dan daha çok sevdi ve Laban'a yedi yıl daha hizmet etti.

³¹RAB Tanrı, Lea'nın sevilmediğini görünce onun rahmini açtı; Rahel ise kısırdı.

³²Lea hamile kalıp Yakup'a bir oğul doğurdu. "Çünkü RAB perişanlığımı gördü ve bana bir oğul verdi; artık kocam beni sevecektir" diyerek çocuğun adını Ruben koydu.

³³Tekrar hamile kalıp ikinci bir oğul doğurdu ve "Çünkü RAB sevilmediğimi işitti ve bana bunu da verdi" diyerek adını Şimon koydu.

³⁴Yine hamile kalıp bir oğul doğurdu ve "Artık bu kez kocam bana bağlanacaktır, çünkü ona üç oğul doğurdum" dedi. Bu yüzden çocuğun adı Levi konuldu.

³⁵Bir kez daha hamile kalıp bir oğul doğurdu ve "Bu kez de RAB'be şükredeceğim" dedi. Bu yüzden çocuğun adını Yahuda koydu. Bundan sonra doğurması durdu.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐξάρας ᾿Ιακὼβ τοὺς πόδας ἐπορεύθη εἰς γῆν ἀνατολῶν πρὸς Λάβαν τὸν υἱὸν Βαθουὴλ τοῦ Σύρου, ἀδελφὸν δὲ Ρεβέκκας μητρὸς ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ῾Ησαῦ.

²καὶ ὁρᾷ καὶ ἰδοὺ φρέαρ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ τρία ποίμνια προβάτων ἀναπαυόμενα ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ φρέατος ἐκείνου ἐπότιζον τὰ ποίμνια, λίθος δὲ ἦν μέγας ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι τοῦ φρέατος,

³καὶ συνήγοντο ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ ποίμνια καὶ ἀπεκύλιον τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος καὶ ἐπότιζον τὰ πρόβατα καὶ ἀποκαθίστων τὸν λίθον ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ φρέατος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

⁴εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιακώβ· ἀδελφοί, πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖς; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· ἐκ Χαρρὰν ἐσμέν.

⁵εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· γινώσκετε Λάβαν τὸν υἱὸν Ναχώρ; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· γινώσκομεν.

⁶εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· ὑγιαίνει; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· ὑγιαίνει. καὶ ἰδοὺ Ραχὴλ ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ ἤρχετο μετὰ τῶν προβάτων.

⁷καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιακώβ· ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡμέρα πολλή, οὔπω ὥρα συναχθῆναι τὰ κτήνη· ποτίσαντες τὰ πρόβατα ἀπελθόντες βόσκετε.

⁸οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· οὐ δυνησόμεθα ἕως τοῦ συναχθῆναι πάντας τοὺς ποιμένας, καὶ ἀποκυλίσουσι τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος, καὶ ποτιοῦμεν τὰ πρόβατα.

⁹ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς καὶ ἰδοὺ Ραχὴλ ἡ θυγάτηρ Λάβαν ἤρχετο μετὰ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς· αὐτὴ γὰρ ἔβοσκε τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

¹⁰ἐγένετο δέ, ὡς εἶδεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὴν Ραχὴλ τὴν θυγατέρα Λάβαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα Λάβαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσελθὼν ᾿Ιακὼβ ἀπεκύλισε τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος καὶ ἐπότιζε τὰ πρόβατα Λάβαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ ἐφίλησεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὴν Ραχήλ· καὶ βοήσας τῇ φωνῇ αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσε.

¹²καὶ ἀπήγγειλε τῇ Ραχήλ, ὅτι ἀδελφὸς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς ἐστι καὶ ὅτι υἱὸς Ρεβέκκας ἐστί, καὶ δραμοῦσα ἀπήγγειλε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς κατὰ τά ρήματα ταῦτα.

¹³ἐγένετο δέ, ὡς ἤκουσε Λάβαν τὸ ὄνομα ᾿Ιακὼβ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ, ἔδραμεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ καὶ περιλαβὼν αὐτὸν ἐφίλησε καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. καὶ διηγήσατο τῷ Λάβαν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λάβαν· ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν μου καὶ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου εἶ σύ. καὶ ἦν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ μῆνα ἡμερῶν.

¹⁵Εἶπε δὲ Λάβαν τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· ὅτι γὰρ ἀδελφός μου εἶ, οὐ δουλεύσεις μοι δωρεάν· ἀπάγγειλόν μοι, τίς ὁ μισθός σου ἐστί;

¹⁶τῷ δὲ Λάβαν ἦσαν δύο θυγατέρες, ὄνομα τῇ μείζονι Λεία, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ νεωτέρᾳ Ραχήλ.

¹⁷οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ Λείας ἀσθενεῖς, Ραχὴλ δὲ ἦν καλὴ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραία τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα.

¹⁸ἠγάπησε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τὴν Ραχὴλ καὶ εἶπε· δουλεύσω σοι ἑπτὰ ἔτη περὶ Ραχὴλ τῆς θυγατρός σου τῆς νεωτέρας.

¹⁹εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Λάβαν· βέλτιον δοῦναί με αὐτήν σοι, ἢ δοῦναί με αὐτὴν ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ· οἴκησον μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.

²⁰καὶ ἐδούλευσεν ᾿Ιακὼβ περὶ Ραχὴλ ἑπτὰ ἔτη, καὶ ἦσαν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς ἡμέραι ὀλίγαι, παρὰ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν αὐτὸν αὐτήν.

²¹εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τῷ Λάβαν· δός μοι τὴν γυναῖκά μου, πεπλήρωνται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι, ὅπως εἰσέλθω πρὸς αὐτήν.

²²συνήγαγε δὲ Λάβαν πάντας τοὺς ἄνδρας τοῦ τόπου καὶ ἐποίησε γάμον.

²³καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα, καὶ λαβὼν Λείαν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰσήγαγε πρὸς ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν ᾿Ιακώβ.

²⁴ἔδωκε δὲ Λάβαν Λείᾳ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ζελφὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ αὐτῇ παιδίσκην.

²⁵ἐγένετο δὲ πρωΐ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἦν Λεία. εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τῷ Λάβαν· τί τοῦτο ἐποίησάς μοι; οὐ περὶ Ραχὴλ ἐδούλευσα παρὰ σοί; καὶ ἱνατί παρελογίσω με;

²⁶ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Λάβαν· οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτως ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἡμῶν, δοῦναι τὴν νεωτέραν πρὶν ἢ τὴν πρεσβυτέραν·

²⁷συντέλεσον οὖν τὰ ἕβδομα ταύτης, καὶ δώσω σοι καὶ ταύτην ἀντὶ τῆς ἐργασίας, ἧς ἐργᾷ παρ᾿ ἐμοί, ἔτι ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἕτερα.

²⁸ἐποίησε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ οὕτως καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσε τὰ ἕβδομα ταύτης, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Λάβαν Ραχὴλ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.

²⁹ἔδωκε δὲ Λάβαν τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ Βαλλὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ αὐτῇ παιδίσκην.

³⁰καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς Ραχήλ· ἠγάπησε δὲ Ραχὴλ μᾶλλον ἢ Λείαν· καὶ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἕτερα.

³¹᾿Ιδὼν δὲ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐμισεῖτο Λεία, ἤνοιξε τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς· Ραχὴλ δὲ ἦν στεῖρα·

³²καὶ συνέλαβε Λεία καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· ἐκάλεσε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ρουβὴν λέγουσα· διότι εἶδέ μου Κύριος τὴν ταπείνωσιν, καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι υἱόν· νῦν οὖν ἀγαπήσει με ὁ ἀνήρ μου.

³³καὶ συνέλαβε πάλιν καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν δεύτερον τῷ ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ εἶπεν· ὅτι ἤκουσε Κύριος ὅτι μισοῦμαι, καὶ προσέδωκέ μοι καὶ τοῦτον· ἐκάλεσε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Συμεών·

³⁴καὶ συνέλαβεν ἔτι καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ πρὸς ἐμοῦ ἔσται ὁ ἀνήρ μου, τέτοκα γὰρ αὐτῷ τρεῖς υἱούς· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Λευεί.

³⁵καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτι ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ εἶπε· νῦν ἔτι τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ Κυρίῳ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιούδαν. καὶ ἔστη τοῦ τίκτειν.

¹AND Jacob started and went to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bathuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and Esau.

²And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

³And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.

⁴And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.

⁵And he said to them, Know ye Laban, the son of Nachor? and they said, We do know [him].

⁶And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.

⁷And Jacob said, it is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water ye the flocks, and depart and feed them.

⁸And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.

⁹While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.

¹⁰And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.

¹¹And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.

¹²And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words.

¹³And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.

¹⁴And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.

¹⁵And Laban said to Jacob, Surely thou shalt not serve me for nothing, because thou art my brother; tell me what thy reward is to be.

¹⁶Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

¹⁷And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.

¹⁸And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for thy younger daughter Rachel.

¹⁹And Laban said to him, [It is] better that I should give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.

²⁰And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.

²¹And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.

²²And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage-feast.

²³And it was even, and he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.

²⁴And Laban gave to his daughter Lea, Zelpha his handmaid, as a handmaid for her.

²⁵And it was morning, and behold it was Lea; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done to me? did I not serve thee for Rachel? and wherefore hast thou deceived me?

²⁶And Laban answered, It is not done thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder.

²⁷Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to thee her also in return for thy labour, which thou labourest with me, yet seven other years.

²⁸And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.

²⁹And Laban gave to his daughter his handmaid Balla, for a handmaid to her.

³⁰And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.

³¹And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

³²And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

³³And she conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob; and she said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given to me this one also; and she called his name, Simeon.

³⁴And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi.

³⁵And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Juda; and ceased bearing.