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Genesis 29

Genesis 29 ( Genesis • Chapter 29 (35 verses)): Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Haran , Laban , Nahor , Rebekah , Bilhah . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Twelve Tribes of Israel —Descended from the twelve sons of Jacob (Israel)— Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Dan , Naphtali , Gad , Asher , Issachar , Zebulun , Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ), and Benjamin —the Twelve Tribes formed the covenant nation of Israel.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Isaac (Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham ): ( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ). (mentioned in Genesis 17 , Genesis 21 , Genesis 22 ) Judah (Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 ) (mentioned in Genesis 29 , 1 Samuel 11 , 1 Samuel 15 ) Noah (Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech ): ( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Reuben (Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel): Reuben is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel. ( Genesis 29:32 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 1 Chronicles 5:1 ) (mentioned in Genesis 29 , Genesis 30 , Genesis 35 )

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 29:29 : "And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid."; Genesis 29:11 : "And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept."; Genesis 29:17 : " Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 29 ( Genesis • Chapter 29 (35 verses)), Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters), 1 Chronicles 29 ( 1 Chronicles • Chapter 29 (30 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Genesis 29
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 29 (35 verses)

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Haran , Laban , Nahor , Rebekah , Bilhah .

Genesis
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 50 Chapters

Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Isaac
95% Messianic Line
Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham

( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ).

Judah
95% Messianic Line
Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Noah
94% Messianic Line
Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech

( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 )

Reuben
89% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Reuben is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel . ( Genesis 29:32 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 1 Chronicles 5:1 )

Simeon
89% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Simeon is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel . ( Genesis 29:33 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Levi
89% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Levi is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Gershon ( Gershom ), Jochebed , Kohath , Merari . ( Genesis 29:34 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Issachar
89% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Issachar is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel . ( Genesis 29:33 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Perez
84% Messianic Line
Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Kohath
81% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:29 ).

Michelangelo — The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)
IMAGE • artwork

Iconic high Renaissance fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel illustrating God breathing life into Adam ( Genesis 2:7 ).

Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
IMAGE • artwork

Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Historic audio transmission from Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading Genesis 1 from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968.

NASA Astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman • NASA / National Archives Public Domain
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional Tiberian cantillation (te'amim) chanting of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 13 -14 in Biblical Hebrew.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional liturgical cantillation of Genesis 14:18-24 recounting Melchizedek king of Salem blessing Abram with bread and wine.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
Laban
79% Gen 22
Generation 22 • Child of Bethuel

Laban is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Bethuel , parent of Leah , Rachael . ( Genesis 24:29 )

Lot
79% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Haran

( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 )

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AUDIO • scripture

Cantillation chanting of Genesis 15 recording God's unilateral covenant with Abram and the promise of heirs like the stars.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 1 –11 exploring creation, the human rebellion in Eden , the spread of sin through Cain and the Flood , and God's scattering of humanity at Babylon .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 12 –50 following God's covenant with Abraham , the trials of Isaac and Jacob , and Joseph 's descent into Egypt showing God working good through human failure.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Leah
78% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Laban

Leah is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Laban . ( Genesis 29:10 , Genesis 29:16 )

γένεσις
genesis (génesis) [ghen'-es-is]
G1078 Greek noun feminine 5x
origin, lineage, birth

Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Derivation: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
Rachael
73% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Laban

Rachael is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Laban . ( Genesis 29:10 , Genesis 29:16 )

עֵזֶר
ezer (ʿēzer) [AY-zer]
H5828 Hebrew noun masculine 21x
helper, rescue, counterpart

Help, vital rescuer; applied to woman as corresponding counterpart to man (ezer kenegdo, Genesis 2:18), and to God as Israel's sole deliverer.

Derivation: From עָזַר (H5826) to help, succor.
1 Chronicles 29
52% Chapter
1 Chronicles • Chapter 29 (30 verses)

Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for t... Mentions: David , Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Ophir , Hebron , Jerusalem .

1 Samuel 29
52% Chapter
1 Samuel • Chapter 29 (11 verses)

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek : and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel . And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. Then said the prin... Mentions: David , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Aphek 2 , Jezreel 2 .

2 Chronicles 29
52% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 29 (36 verses)

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Abijah , the daughter of Zechariah . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done... Mentions: Hezekiah , Abijah , Zechariah , David , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Eden , Kidron .

Deuteronomy 29
52% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 29 (29 verses)

These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab , beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb . And Moses called unto all Israel , and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your ... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel, Moab , Manasseh , Abram/Abraham , Horeb , Egypt , Heshbon , Bashan .

Exodus 29
51% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 29 (46 verses)

And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten f... Mentions: Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Descended from the twelve sons of Jacob ( Israel )— Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Dan , Naphtali , Gad , Asher , Issachar , Zebulun , Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ), and Benjamin —the Twelve Tribes formed the covenant nation of Israel.

Ezekiel 29
51% Chapter
Ezekiel • Chapter 29 (21 verses)

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt , and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt : Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am agains... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt, Syene , Ethiopia , Pathros , Babylon .

Genesis 1
51% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 1 (31 verses)

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 2
51% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 2 (25 verses)

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had... Mentions: Adam , Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria .

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 29:29 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Genesis 29:11 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 29:17 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

Genesis 29:24 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

Genesis 29:22 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

Genesis 29:1 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 29:4 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

Genesis 29:18 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:31 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:5 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor ? And they said, We know him.

Genesis 29:9 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

Genesis 29:28 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

Genesis 29:26 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 29:16 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah , and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:21 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Jacob said unto Laban , Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Genesis 29:6 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

And Ophir , and Havilah , and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan .

Genesis 29:14 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Genesis 29:20 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

Genesis 29:27 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Genesis 29:30 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah , and served with him yet seven other years.

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt :

Genesis 29:15 (KJV)
Genesis 29 KJV

And Laban said unto Jacob , Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

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