On Jacob's journey, he came across a well in a corner of a field where he saw numerous sheep gathered, quenching their thirst. At the center of the well's edge, there was a gray stone. Jacob approached the people present and asked them, one by one, "My friends, where are you from?" The people replied, "We are from the city of Haran." Jacob inquired if they were familiar with Laban, the son of Nahor. The people confirmed their acquaintance with Laban and mentioned that they were waiting for Rachel to arrive before they could move the stone from the well.
Soon, Rachel, Laban's daughter, appeared in the field along with a group of camels. Jacob assisted Rachel in watering the camels, and then he declared, "I will go and remove the stone, and afterward, I will express my love and desire to marry Rachel. She will serve me with love and true happiness." As Rachel ran out to meet him, Jacob expressed his gratitude to God for granting him the opportunity to have Rachel as his wife. Laban expressed his delight in becoming acquainted with Jacob and proposed staying with him for a month, suggesting they become companions.
Laban revealed that he had deceived another man into marrying Leah, Rachel's sister. Jacob, upon seeing Laban, exclaimed, "You deceived me by giving Leah, my daughter, to be my wife's maid, Zilpah. Why would you engage in such foolishness on your own?" Laban responded, "I will fulfill Rachel's week of marriage, and in return, you shall serve me for another seven years."
Leah, feeling unloved and hurt, gave birth to sons. Meanwhile, Rachel remained barren until the Lord opened her womb, and she conceived her first son, whom she named Reuben, as she believed she had endured great affliction. Rachel went on to conceive again and named her second son Simeon, followed by the birth of her third son, Levi.