# Genesis 29 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Genesis Overview]]. [[Genesis 28]]. [[Genesis 30]]. > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Marriages of Jacob [[#Verse 01.]] So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people. [[#Verse 02.]] He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.  [[#Verse 03.]] When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth. [[#Verse 04.]] Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.” [[#Verse 05.]] So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” “We know him,” they said.  [[#Verse 06.]] “Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.” [[#Verse 07.]] Then Jacob said, “Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”  [[#Verse 08.]] “We can’t,” they said, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep.” [[#Verse 09.]] While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.  [[#Verse 10.]] When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. [[#Verse 11.]] Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.  [[#Verse 12.]] When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.  [[#Verse 13.]] When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him. [[#Verse 14.]] Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month. [[#Verse 15.]] Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”  [[#Verse 16.]] (Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.  [[#Verse 17.]] Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)  [[#Verse 18.]] Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”  [[#Verse 19.]] Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”  [[#Verse 20.]] So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great. [[#Verse 21.]] Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up.And I want to sleep with her.”  [[#Verse 22.]] So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast. [[#Verse 23.]] In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.  [[#Verse 24.]] (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) [[#Verse 25.]] In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me? Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”  [[#Verse 26.]] “It is not our custom here,” Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.  [[#Verse 27.]] Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” [[#Verse 28.]] Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.  [[#Verse 29.]] (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)  [[#Verse 30.]] Jacob slept withRachel as well. He also loved Rachel more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban for seven more years. ### The Family of Jacob [[#Verse 31.]] When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.  [[#Verse 32.]] So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.” [[#Verse 33.]] She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon. [[#Verse 34.]] She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi. [[#Verse 35.]] She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes