Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.”

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ²  Tell me what your wages should be.”

Since Jacob had fallen in love with ¹  Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”

So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. ¹  But they seemed like only a few days to him ²  because his love for her was so great. ³ 

Finally Jacob said ¹  to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. ²  I want to have marital relations with her.” ³ 

So Rachel ¹  gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with ²  her.

Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son. ¹ 

God paid attention ¹  to Leah; she became pregnant ²  and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time. ³ 

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ¹  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ²  and the stronger animals to Jacob.

When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. ¹ 

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers ¹  and to your relatives. I will be with you.” ² 

So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels. ¹ 

Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ¹  but Jacob called it Galeed. ² 

“Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob. ¹ 

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice ¹  on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. ²  They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Jacob sent messengers on ahead ¹  to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region ²  of Edom.

So Jacob was left alone. Then a man ¹  wrestled ²  with him until daybreak. ³ 

Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet ¹  the young women ²  of the land.

Then he became very attached ¹  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. ² 

Jacob’s sons killed them ¹  and looted the city because their sister had been violated. ²