
Genesis 29:15-28
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15 Then LabanA said to Jacob,B “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serveC me for nothing?D TellE me, what shall your wages be?”
16 Now Laban had two daughters; the nameF of the elderG was Leah,H and the name of the youngerI was Rachel.J
17 Leah’s eyes were lovely,K and Rachel was graceful and beautiful.L 18 Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you sevenM years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
19 Laban said, “It is betterN that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man;O stayP with me.” 20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a fewQ days because of the love he had for her.
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wifeR that I may go in to her, for my timeS is completed.”T
22 So Laban gathered together all the peopleU of the place,V and made a feast.W 23 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her. 24 (Laban gave his maidX ZilpahY to his daughter Leah to be her maid.)
25 When morningZ, AA came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceivedBB me?”
26 Laban said, “ThisCC is not done in our countryDD—giving the youngerEE before the firstborn.FF 27 Complete the weekGG of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for servingHH me another seven years.” 28 Jacob did so, and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.
Image credit: “Jacob’s Marriage” by Masaru Horie, 2009