Genesis 29
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Genesis 29:9-12

9Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father’s flock, for she was a shepherd.

10And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle’s flock.

11Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and he wept aloud.

12He explained to Rachel that he was her cousin on her father’s side—the son of her aunt Rebekah. So Rachel quickly ran and told her father, Laban.

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