Rachel

What the Bible says

Genesis 29:9-12

⁹They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she fed the flock. ¹⁰And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin-german, and that they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle: he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed. ¹¹And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept. ¹²And he told her that he was her father’s brother, and the son of Rebecca: but she went in haste and told her father.

Genesis 29:18-20, 27-30

¹⁸And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. ¹⁹Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me. ²⁰So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love. ²⁷Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years. ²⁸He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel: ²⁹To whom her father gave Bala for her servant. ³⁰And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

Genesis 30:22-24; Genesis 35:16-19

²²The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. ²³And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach. ²⁴And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.