## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 29

###### Onkelos Genesis 29:1
[Onkelos Genesis 29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:1)

וּנְטַל יַעֲקֹב רַגְלוֹהִי (נ"א רִיגְלוֹהִי) וַאֲזַל לַאֲרַע בְּנֵי מָדִינְחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov [then] lifted his feet and went toward the land of the people of the East.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:2
[Onkelos Genesis 29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:2)

וַחֲזָא וְהָא בֵירָא בְחַקְלָא וְהָא תַמָּן תְּלָתָא עֶדְרִין דְּעָן רְבִיעִין עֲלַהּ אֲרֵי מִן בֵּירָא הַהִיא מַשְׁקָן עֲדָרַיָּא וְאַבְנָא רַבְּתָא עַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He looked and [saw] a well in the field; and behold there were three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for from that well the flocks are watered. There was a large stone over the mouth of the well.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:3
[Onkelos Genesis 29:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:3)

וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין לְתַמָּן כָּל עֲדָרַיָּא וּמְגַנְדְּרִין יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וּמַשְׁקָן יָת עָנָא וּמְתִיבִין יָת אַבְנָא עַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא לְאַתְרַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When all the flocks would gather, [the shepherds] would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, and water the sheep. They would [then] return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:4
[Onkelos Genesis 29:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:4)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן יַעֲקֹב אַחַי מְנָן אַתּוּן וַאֲמָרוּ מֵחָרָן אֲנָחְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov said to them, My brothers, from where do you come? They said, We are from Charan.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:5
[Onkelos Genesis 29:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:5)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן הַיְדַעְתּוּן יָת לָבָן בַּר נָחוֹר וַאֲמָרוּ יְדַעְנָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to them, Do you know Lavan, the son of Nachor? They said, We know him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:6
[Onkelos Genesis 29:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:6)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן הַשְׁלַם לֵיהּ וַאֲמָרוּ שְׁלַם וְהָא רָחֵל בְּרַתֵּיהּ אָתְיָא עִם עָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to them, Is he doing well? They said, He is doing well. Behold Rochel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:7
[Onkelos Genesis 29:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:7)

וַאֲמַר הָא עוֹד יוֹמָא סַגִּי לָא עִדַּן לְמִכְנַשׁ בְּעִיר אַשְׁקוּ עָנָא וְאִזִּילוּ רְעוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to them, The day is yet long, it is not yet time for the sheep to be gathered, water the sheep and go pasture them.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:8
[Onkelos Genesis 29:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:8)

וַאֲמָרוּ לָא נִכּוּל עַד דִּי מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין כָּל עֲדָרַיָּא וִיגַנְדְּרוּן יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וְנַשְׁקֵי עָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said, We cannot [do so] until all the flocks have gathered and [the shepherds] roll the stone from the mouth of the well. Then we can water the sheep.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:9
[Onkelos Genesis 29:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:9)

עַד דְּהוּא מְמַלֵּל עִמְּהוֹן וְרָחֵל אָתַת עִם עָנָא דִּי לַאֲבוּהָ אֲרֵי רָעִיתָא הִיא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
While he was still speaking with them, Rochel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:10
[Onkelos Genesis 29:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:10)

וַהֲוָה כַּד חֲזָא יַעֲקֹב יָת רָחֵל בַּת לָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמֵּיהּ וְיָת עָנָא דְלָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמֵּיהּ וּקְרֵב יַעֲקֹב וְגַנְדַּר יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וְאַשְׁקֵי יָת עָנָא דְלָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Yaakov saw Rochel, the daughter of Lavan, his mother’s brother, with the sheep of Lavan, his mother’s brother, he stepped near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well. He then watered the sheep of Lavan, his mother’s brother.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:11
[Onkelos Genesis 29:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:11)

וּנְשַׁק יַעֲקֹב לְרָחֵל וַאֲרֵם יָת קָלֵיהּ וּבְכָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov kissed Rochel and cried in a loud voice.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:12
[Onkelos Genesis 29:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:12)

וְחַוִּי יַעֲקֹב לְרָחֵל אֲרֵי **בַר אֲחָה דְאָבוּהָ** הוּא וַאֲרֵי בַר רִבְקָה הוּא וּרְהָטַת וְחַוִּיאַת לְאָבוּהָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov told Rochel that he was a relative of her father [**the son of her father’s sister**], that he was the son of Rivkah. She ran and told her father.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:13
[Onkelos Genesis 29:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:13)

וַהֲוָה כַּד שְׁמַע לָבָן יָת שֵׁמַע יַעֲקֹב בַּר אֲחָתֵיהּ וּרְהַט לְקַדָּמוּתֵיהּ וְגַפֵּף לֵיהּ וְנַשִּׁיק לֵיהּ וְאַעֲלֵיהּ לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְאִשְׁתָּעִי לְלָבָן יָת כָּל פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Lavan heard the news of Yaakov, his sister’s son, he ran to greet him. He embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. [Yaakov] told Lavan all that had happened.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:14
[Onkelos Genesis 29:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:14)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ לָבָן בְּרַם **קָרִיבִי** וּבִשְׂרִי אָתְּ וִיתֵיב עִמֵּיהּ יְרַח יוֹמִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan said to him, Nevertheless, you are my bone [**relative**] and flesh. [Yaakov] lived with him for a month.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:15
[Onkelos Genesis 29:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:15)

וַאֲמַר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הֲמִדְּאָחִי אַתְּ וְתִפְלְחִנַּנִי מַגָּן חַוִּי לִי מָה אַגְרָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan said to Yaakov, Just because you are my relative, must you work for me without pay? Tell me, [what should] your wages [be]?


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:16
[Onkelos Genesis 29:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:16)

וּלְלָבָן תַּרְתֵּין בְּנָן שׁוּם רַבְּתָא לֵאָה וְשׁוּם זְעֶרְתָּא רָחֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan had two daughters. The name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger one was Rochel.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:17
[Onkelos Genesis 29:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:17)

וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה **יָאֲיָן** וְרָחֵל הֲוַת שַׁפִּירָא בְרֵיוָא וְיָאֲיָא בְחֶזְוָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The eyes of Leah were tender [**beautiful**]. Rochel was of beautiful form and of beautiful appearance.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:18
[Onkelos Genesis 29:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:18)

וּרְחֵם יַעֲקֹב יָת רָחֵל וַאֲמַר אֶפְלְחִנָּךְ שְׁבַע שְׁנִין בְּרָחֵל בְּרַתָּךְ זְעֶרְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov loved Rochel. and he said, I will work for you seven years for Rochel, your younger daughter.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:19
[Onkelos Genesis 29:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:19)

וַאֲמַר לָבָן טַב דְּאֶתֵּן יָתַהּ לָךְ מִדְּאֶתֵּן יָתַהּ לִגְבַר אָחֳרָן תִּיב עִמִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan said, Better that I give her to you than I should give her to another man. [Remain] living with me.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:20
[Onkelos Genesis 29:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:20)

וּפְלַח יַעֲקֹב בְּרָחֵל שְׁבַע שְׁנִין וַהֲווֹ בְעֵינוֹהִי כְּיוֹמִין זְעִירִין כַּד רְחֵים יָתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov worked seven years for Rochel, but they seemed to him like a few days, so much did he love her.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:21
[Onkelos Genesis 29:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:21)

וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב לְלָבָן הַב יָת אִתְּתִי אֲרֵי אַשְׁלֵמִית יוֹמֵי **פָלְחָנִי** וְאֵעוֹל לְוָתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov said to Lavan, Give me my wife, for my term [**of labor**] is completed; and thus I will consummate the marriage with her.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:22
[Onkelos Genesis 29:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:22)

וּכְנַשׁ לָבָן יָת כָּל אֲנָשֵׁי אַתְרָא וַעֲבַד מִשְׁתְּיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan gathered all the local people and he made a [wedding] feast.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:23
[Onkelos Genesis 29:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:23)

וַהֲוָה בְרַמְשָׁא וּדְבַר יָת לֵאָה בְרַתֵּיהּ וְאָעֵיל יָתַהּ לְוָתֵיהּ וְעַל לְוָתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When it was evening, he took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him [Yaakov]. He consummated the marriage with her.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:24
[Onkelos Genesis 29:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:24)

וִיהַב לָבָן לַהּ יָת זִלְפָּה אַמְתֵיהּ לְלֵאָה בְרַתֵּיהּ לְאַמְהוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan gave Zilpah, his servant to her, to Leah, his daughter as a handmaid.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:25
[Onkelos Genesis 29:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:25)

וַהֲוָה בְצַפְרָא וְהָא הִיא לֵאָה וַאֲמַר לְלָבָן מָה דָא עֲבַדְתָּ לִּי הֲלָא בְרָחֵל פְּלָחִית עִמָּךְ וּלְמָא שַׁקַּרְתָּ בִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When it was morning, behold it was Leah! He [Yaakov] said to Lavan, What have you done to me? Did I not work with you for Rochel? Why did you deceive me?


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:26
[Onkelos Genesis 29:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:26)

וַאֲמַר לָבָן לָא אִתְעֲבֵד כְּדֵין בְּאַתְרָנָא לְמִתַּן זְעֶרְתָּא קֳדָם רַבְּתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lavan said, It is not done so in our place, to give the younger [daughter in marriage] before the firstborn.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:27
[Onkelos Genesis 29:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:27)

אַשְׁלִים שְׁבוּעֲתָא דְדָא וְנִתֵּן לָךְ אַף יָת דָּא בְּפָלְחָנָא דִּי תִפְלַח עִמִּי עוֹד שְׁבַע שְׁנִין אָחֳרָנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Complete the [marriage] week for this one. We will then give you the other also—in return for the work that you will do with me for another seven years.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:28
[Onkelos Genesis 29:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:28)

וַעֲבַד יַעֲקֹב כֵּן וְאַשְׁלֵים שְׁבוּעֲתָא דְדָא וִיהַב לֵיהּ יָת רָחֵל בְּרַתֵּיהּ לֵיהּ לְאִנְתּוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov did so, and he completed the [marriage] week for this one [Leah]. He [Lavan] then gave Rochel, his daughter to him as a wife.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:29
[Onkelos Genesis 29:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:29)

וִיהַב לָבָן לְרָחֵל בְּרַתֵּיהּ יָת בִּלְהָה אַמְתֵיהּ לַהּ לְאַמְהוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
To his daughter, Rochel, Lavan gave his servant Bilhah, to be her handmaid.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:30
[Onkelos Genesis 29:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:30)

וְעַל אַף לְוַת רָחֵל וּרְחֵים אַף יָת רָחֵל מִלֵּאָה וּפְלַח עִמֵּיהּ עוֹד שְׁבַע שְׁנִין אָחֳרָנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Yaakov] also consummated his marriage with Rochel. He loved Rochel more than Leah, and he worked with [Lavan] additionally, another seven years.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:31
[Onkelos Genesis 29:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:31)

וַחֲזָא יְיָ אֲרֵי שְׂנִיאֲתָא לֵאָה **וִיהַב לַהּ עִדּוּי** וְרָחֵל עַקְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy saw that Leah was the hated one, and He opened her womb [**allowed her to conceive**]. Rochel remained barren.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:32
[Onkelos Genesis 29:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:32)

וְעַדִּיאַת לֵאָה וִילִידַת בָּר וּקְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ רְאוּבֵן אֲרֵי אֲמֶרֶת אֲרֵי **גְלִי קֳדָם יְיָ** עֻלְבּוֹנִי אֲרֵי כְעַן יִרְחֲמִנַּנִי בַעְלִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Leah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuvein, as she said, Adonoy has seen my affliction [**was revealed before Adonoy**]; for now my husband will love me.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:33
[Onkelos Genesis 29:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/29:33)

וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בָּר וַאֲמֶרֶת **אֲרֵי** שְׁמִיעַ **קֳדָם יְיָ** אֲרֵי שְׂנִיאֲתָא אֲנָא וִיהַב לִי אַף יָת דֵּין וּקְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ שִׁמְעוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, Since Adonoy [**it was**] heard [**before Adonoy**] that I am the hated one, He also gave me this one, and she named him Shimon.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:34
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וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בָּר וַאֲמֶרֶת הָדָא זִמְנָא יִתְחַבַּר לִי בַעְלִי אֲרֵי יְלֵידִית לֵיהּ תְּלָתָא בְנִין עַל כֵּן קְרָא שְׁמֵיהּ לֵוִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have born him three sons. He therefore named him Leivi.


###### Onkelos Genesis 29:35
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וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בָּר וַאֲמֶרֶת הָדָא זִמְנָא **אוֹדֶה קֳדָם** יְיָ עַל כֵּן קְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ יְהוּדָה וְקָמַת מִלְּמֵילַד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, This time I will [**give**] praise [**before**] Adonoy. She therefore named him Yehudah. She then stopped giving birth.