¹ Derpå fortsatte Jakob sin Vandring og drog til Østens Børns Land.

² Da fik han Øje på en Brønd på Marken og tre Hjorde af Småkvæg, der var lejrede ved den. Ved den Brønd vandede man Hjordene; og over Hullet lå der en stor Sten,

³ som man først væltede bort, når alle Hjordene var samlede, for siden, når Dyrene var vandet, at vælte den på Plads igen.

⁴ Jakob spurgte dem: "Hvor er I fra, Brødre?" De svarede: "Fra Karan!"

⁵ Da spurgte han dem: "Kender I Laban, Nakors Søn?" De svarede: "Ja, ham kender vi godt."

⁶ Han spurgte da: "Går det ham vel? De svarede: "Ja, det går ham vel; se, hans Datter akel kommer netop med Hjorden derhenne!"

⁷ Da sagde han: "Det er jo endnu højlys Dag og for tidligt at drive Kvæget sammen; vand Dyrene og før dem ud på Græsgangene!"

⁸ Men de svarede: "Det kan vi ikke, før alle Hyrderne er samlede; først når de vælter Stenen fra Brøndhullet, kan vi vande Dyrene."

⁹ Medens han således stod og talte med dem, var akel kommet derhen med sin Faders Hjord, som hun vogtede;

¹⁰ og så snart Jakob så sin Morbroder Labans Datter akel og hans Hjord, gik han hen og væltede Stenen fra Brøndhullet og vandede sin Morbroder Labans Hjord.

¹¹ Så kyssede han akel og brast i Gråd;

¹² og han fortalte hende; at han var hendes Faders Frænde, en Søn af ebekka: Da skyndte hun sig hjem til sin Fader og fortalte ham det"

¹³ og så snart Laban hørte om sin Søstersøn Jakob, løb han ham i Møde, omfavnede og kyssede ham og førte ham hjem til sit Hus. Så fortalte Jakob ham alt, hvad der var sket;

¹⁴ og Laban sagde: "Ja, du er mit Kød og Blod!" Han blev nu hos ham en Månedstid.

¹⁵ Så sagde Laban til Jakob: "Skulde du tjene mig for intet fordi du er min Frænde? Sig mig. hvad du vil have i Løn!"

¹⁶ Nu havde Laban to Døtre; den ældste hed Lea, den yngste akel;

¹⁷ Leas Øjne var matte, men akel havde en dejlig Skikkelse og så dejlig ud,

¹⁸ og Jakob elskede akel; derfor sagde han: "Jeg vil tjene dig syv År for din yngste Datter akel."

¹⁹ Laban svarede: "Jeg giver hende hellere til dig end til en fremmed; bliv kun hos mig!"

²⁰ Så tjente Jakob syv År for akel; og de syntes ham kun nogle få Dage, fordi han elskede hende.

²¹ Derefter sagde Jakob til Laban: "Giv mig min Hustru, nu min Tjenestetid er ude, at jeg kan gå ind til hende!"

²² Så indbød Laban alle Mændene på Stedet til Gæstebud.

²³ Men da Aftenen kom, tog han sin, Datter Lea og bragte hende til ham, og han gik ind til hende.

²⁴ Og Laban gav sin Datter Lea sin Trælkvinde Zilpa til Trælkvinde.

²⁵ Da det nu om Morgenen viste sig at være Lea, sagde Jakob til Laban: "Hvad er det, du har gjort imod mig? Er det ikke for akel, jeg,har tjent hos dig? Hvorfor har, du bedraget mig?"

²⁶ Laban svarede: "Det er ikke Skik og Brug her til Lands at give den yngste bort før den ældste;

²⁷ men lad nu Bryllupsugen gå til Ende, så vil, jeg også give dig hende, imod at du bliver i min Tjeneste syv År til."

²⁸ Det gik Jakob ind på, og da Bryllupsugen var til Ende, gav Laban ham sin Datter akel til Hustru.

²⁹ Og Laban gav sin Datter akel sin Trælkvinde Bilha til Trælkvinde.

³⁰ Så gik Jakob også ind til akel, og han elskede akel højere end Lea. Derpå blev han i Labans Tjeneste syv År til.

³¹ Da HE EN så, at Lea blev tilsidesat, åbnede han hendes Moderliv, medens akel var ufrugtbar.

³² Så blev Lea frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn, som hun gav Navnet uben; thi hun sagde: "HE EN har set til min Ulykke; nu vil min Mand elske mig!"

³³ Siden blev hun frugtsommelig igen og fødte en Søn;og hun sagde: "HE EN hørte, at jeg var tilsidesat, så gav han mig også ham!" Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Simeon.

³⁴ Siden blev hun frugtsommelig igen og fødte en Søn; og hun sagde: "Nu må da endelig min Mand bolde sig til mig, da jeg har født ham tre Sønner." Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Levi.

³⁵ Siden blev hun frugtsommelig igen og fødte en Søn; og hun sagde:"Nu vil jeg prise HE EN!" Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Juda. Så fik hun ikke flere Børn.

¹ The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

² Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;

³ and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;

⁴ and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.

⁵ The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the Sea at the end of the Jordan.

⁶ The border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

⁷ The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.

⁸ The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.

⁹ The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);

¹⁰ and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

¹¹ and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

¹² The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.

¹³ To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

¹⁴ Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

¹⁵ He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.

¹⁶ Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."

¹⁷ Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

¹⁸ It happened, when she came, that she had him ask her father fore a field. She got off of her donkey, and Caleb said, "What do you want?"

¹⁹ She said, "Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, Give me also springs of water." He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

²⁰ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

²¹ The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

²² Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

²³ Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

²⁴ Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

²⁵ Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (the same is Hazor),

²⁶ Amam, Shema, Moladah,

²⁷ Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,

²⁸ Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

²⁹ Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

³⁰ Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,

³¹ Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

³² Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

³³ In the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

³⁴ Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

³⁵ Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

³⁶ Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.

³⁷ Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,

³⁸ Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,

³⁹ Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

⁴⁰ Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,

⁴¹ Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

⁴² Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

⁴³ Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

⁴⁴ Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

⁴⁵ Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

⁴⁶ from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

⁴⁷ Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.

⁴⁸ In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

⁴⁹ Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which is Debir),

⁵⁰ Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

⁵¹ Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

⁵² Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

⁵³ Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

⁵⁴ Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,

⁵⁶ Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

⁵⁷ Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,

⁵⁹ Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.

⁶⁰ Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

⁶¹ In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,

⁶² Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.

⁶³ As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn't drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.