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

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

Since Jacob had fallen in love with 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. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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