Jacob · Issue #4 of 10

Seven Years, Twice

Genesis 29:14–30 · World English Bible

Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him,

Surely you are my bone and my flesh.

Jacob stayed with him for a month.

Genesis 29:15

Laban said to Jacob,

Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?

Genesis 29:16

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

Genesis 29:17

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

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel. He said,

I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

Genesis 29:19

Laban said,

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

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 29:21

Jacob said to Laban,

Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.

Genesis 29:22

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

Genesis 29:23

In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.

Genesis 29:24

Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant.

Genesis 29:25

In the morning, 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?

Genesis 29:26

Laban said,

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

Genesis 29:27

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

Genesis 29:28

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

Genesis 29:29

Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.

Genesis 29:30

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

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