¹ 亞當的後代記在下面。〈當神造人的日子，是照著自己的樣式造的，

² 並且造男造女。在他們被造的日子，神賜福給他們，稱他們為人。〉

³ 亞當活到一百三十歲，生了一個兒子，形像樣式和自己相似，就給他起名叫塞特。

⁴ 亞當生塞特之後，又在世八百年，並且生兒養女。

⁵ 亞當共活了九百三十歲就死了。

⁶ 塞特活到一百零五歲，生了以挪士。

⁷ 塞特生以挪士之後，又活了八百零七年，並且生兒養女。

⁸ 塞特共活了九百一十二歲就死了。

⁹ 以挪士活到九十歲，生了該南。

¹⁰ 以挪士生該南之後，又活了八百一十五年，並且生兒養女。

¹¹ 以挪士共活了九百零五歲就死了。

¹² 該南活到七十歲，生了瑪勒列。

¹³ 該南生瑪勒列之後，又活了八百四十年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁴ 該南共活了九百一十歲就死了。

¹⁵ 瑪勒列活到六十五歲，生了雅列。

¹⁶ 瑪勒列生雅列之後，又活了八百三十年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁷ 瑪勒列共活了八百九十五歲就死了。

¹⁸ 雅列活到一百六十二歲，生了以諾。

¹⁹ 雅列生以諾之後，又活了八百年，並且生兒養女。

²⁰ 雅列共活了九百六十二歲就死了.。

²¹ 以諾活到六十五歲，生了瑪土撒拉。

²² 以諾生瑪土撒拉之後，與神同行三百年，並且生兒養女。

²³ 以諾共活了三百六十五歲。

²⁴ 以諾與神同行，神將他取去，他就不在世了。

²⁵ 瑪土撒拉活到一百八十七歲，生了拉麥。

²⁶ 瑪土撒拉生拉麥之後，又活了七百八十二年，並且生兒養女。

²⁷ 瑪土撒拉共活了九百六十九歲就死了。

²⁸ 拉麥活到一百八十二歲，生了一個兒子，

²⁹ 給他起名叫挪亞，說：這個兒子必為我們的操作和手中的勞苦安慰我們；這操作勞苦是因為耶和華咒詛地。

³⁰ 拉麥生挪亞之後，又活了五百九十五年，並且生兒養女。

³¹ 拉麥共活了七百七十七歲就死了。

³² 挪亞五百歲生了閃、含、雅弗。

¹ Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

² He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.

³ There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.

⁴ Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

⁵ He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."

⁶ He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

⁷ He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."

⁸ They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."

⁹ While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

¹⁰ It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

¹¹ Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

¹² Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.

¹³ It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

¹⁴ Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." He lived with him for a month.

¹⁵ Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

¹⁶ Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

¹⁷ Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

¹⁸ Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

¹⁹ Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

²⁰ Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

²¹ Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

²² Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

²³ It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

²⁴ Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

²⁵ It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

²⁶ Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

²⁷ Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

²⁸ Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

²⁹ Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

³⁰ He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

³¹ Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

³² Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."

³³ She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

³⁴ She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

³⁵ She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.