Genesis 29:35
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Laban said to him, "Just because you're my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be."
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Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
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Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, "I'll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."
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Laban replied, "Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me."
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So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
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Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time is completed. I want to sleep with[b] her."
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So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast.
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That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
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And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.
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When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Wasn't it for Rachel that I worked for you? Why have you deceived me?"
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Laban answered, "It is not the custom in this place to give the younger [daughter in marriage] before the firstborn.
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Complete this week [of wedding celebration], and we will also give you this [younger] one in return for working yet another seven years for me."
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And Jacob did just that. He finished the week [of celebration], and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
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And Laban gave his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.
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Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
Jacob's Sons
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben,[c] for she said, "The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now."
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She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, "The Lord heard that I am unloved and has given me this [son] also." So she named him Simeon.[d]
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Genesis 29:15-35 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 29
This chapter informs us of Jacob's coming to a well near Haran, where meeting with some shepherds he inquires after Laban, Ge 29:1-8; and there also with Rachel his daughter, the shepherds made known to him, and acquainted her who he was, Ge 29:9-12; upon which she ran to her father, and told him who was at the well, who went forth and brought him to his house, and kindly entertained him, Ge 29:13,14; with whom he agreed to stay and serve seven years for Rachel his daughter, Ge 29:15-20; at the end of which Jacob demands his wife, but instead of Rachel, Leah was brought to him as his wife, Ge 29:21-25; which being discovered, and complained of, it was proposed he should have Rachel also, provided he would serve yet seven years more, to which he agreed, Ge 29:26-30; and the chapter is concluded with an account of four sons being born to Jacob of Leah, Ge 29:31-35.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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