And Iacob sayde vnto th?: brethern/ wh?ce be ye? and they sayde: of Haran ar we. And he sayde vnto th?: knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor. And they sayde: we knowe him. And he sayde vnto th?: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health: and beholde/ his doughter Rahel cometh with y^e shepe. And he sayde: lo/ it is yet a great whyle to nyghte/ nether is it tyme y^t the catell shulde be gathered together: water the shepe and goo and fede th?. And they sayde: we maye not/ vntill all y^e flockes be brought together & the stone be roulled frÕ the wells mouth/ and so we water oure shepe.

Whyle he yet talked with th?/ Rahel came with hir fathers shepe/ for she kepte them. As soone As Iacob sawe Rahel/ the doughter of Laban his mothers brother/ and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother/ he went and rowled the stone frÕ the wells mouth/ and watered the shepe of Labà his mothers brother And Iacob kyssed Rahel/ and lyfte vp his voyce and wepte: and tolde her also y^t he was hir fathers brother and Rebeccas sonne. Th? Rahel ranne and tolde hir father.

When Laban herd tell of Iacob his sisters sonne/ he ranne agaynst him and enbraced hi & kyssed him Ãd broughte him in to his house. And th? Iacob told Labà all y^e matter And th? Labà sayde: well/ thou art my bone & my flesh. Abyde with me the space of a moneth. And afterward Laban sayd vnto Iacob: though thou be my brother/ shuldest thou therfore serue me for nought? tell me what shall thi wages be? And Laban had .ij. doughters/ the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel. Lea was tender eyed: But Rahel was bewtifull Ãd well fauored. And Iacob loued her well/ and sayde: I will serue the .vij. yere for Rahel thy yongest doughter. And Laban answered: it is better y^t I geue her the/ than to another man: byde therfore with me.

And Iacob serued .vij. yeres for Rahel/ and they semed vnto him but a fewe dayes/ for the loue he had to her. And Iacob sayde vnto Laban/ geue me my wife/ that I maye lye with hir For the tyme appoynted me is come.

Than Laban bade all the men of that place/ and made a feast. And when eu? was come/ he toke Lea his doughter and broughte her to him and he went in vnto her. And Laban gaue vnto his doughter Lea/ Zilpha his mayde/ to be hir seruaunte.

And when the mornynge was come/ beholde it was Lea. Than sayde he to Laban: wherfore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue the for Rahel/ wherfore than hast thou begyled me? Laban answered: it is not the maner of this place/ to marre the yongest before the eldest. Passe out this weke/ & thà shall this also be geven the for y^e seruyce which thou shalt serue me yet .vij. yeres more. And Iacob dyd eu? so/ and passed out that weke/ & than he gaue hi Rahel his doughter to wyfe also. And Laban gaue to Rahel his doughter/ Bilha his handmayde to be hir servaute. So laye he by Rahel also/ and loved Rahel more than Lea/ and serued him yet .vij. yeres more.

When the LORde sawe that Lea was despised/ he made her frutefull: but Rahel was baren. And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne/ Ãd called his name Rub?/ for she sayde: the LORde hath loked apon my tribulation. And now my husbonde will loue me. And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne/ and sayde: the LORde hath herde that I am despised/ Ãd hath therfore geuen me this sonne also/ and she called him Simeon. And she conceaued yet and bare a sonne/ Ãd sayde: now this once will my husbonde kepe me company/ because I haue borne him .iij. sonnes: and therfore she called his name Levi. And she conceaued yet agayne/ and bare a sonne saynge: Now will I prayse the LORde: therfore she called his name Iuda/ and left bearynge.