When Laban herd tell of Iacob his sisters sonne/ he ranne agaynst him and enbraced hĩ & kyssed him ãd broughte him in to his house. And thẽ Iacob told Labã all y^e matter And thẽ Labã 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 euẽ 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/ & thã shall this also be geven the for y^e seruyce which thou shalt serue me yet .vij. yeres more. And Iacob dyd euẽ so/ and passed out that weke/ & than he gaue hĩ Rahel his doughter to wyfe also. And Laban gaue to Rahel his doughter/ Bilha his handmayde to be hir servaũte. 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 Rubẽ/ 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. ¶ The .xxx. Chapter