Chuàngshìjì 29:21

21 Yǎgè duì Lābān shuō , rìqī yǐjing mǎn le , qiú nǐ bǎ wǒde qīzi gĕi wǒ , wǒ hǎo yù tā tóngfáng .

Chuàngshìjì 29:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:21

And Jacob said unto Laban, give [me] my wife
Meaning Rachel, who was his wife by contract; the conditions of her being his wife were now fulfilled by him, and therefore he might challenge her as his wife:

for my days are now fulfilled;
the seven years were up he agreed to serve him for his daughter; and therefore it was but just and right she should be given him:

that I may go in unto her;
as his lawful wife, and it was high time Jacob had her; for he was now, as the Jewish writers generally say ^F14, and that very rightly, eighty four years of age; and from him were to spring twelve princes, the heads of twelve tribes, which should inhabit the land of Canaan.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 63. 1. Jarchi in loc. and others.

Chuàngshìjì 29:21 In-Context

19 Lābān shuō , wǒ bǎ tā gĕi nǐ , shèngsì gĕi biérén , nǐ yǔ wǒ tóng zhù ba .

20 Yǎgè jiù wèi Lājié fúshì le qī nián . tā yīnwei shēn aì Lājié , jiù kàn zhè qī nián rútóng jǐ tiān .

21 Yǎgè duì Lābān shuō , rìqī yǐjing mǎn le , qiú nǐ bǎ wǒde qīzi gĕi wǒ , wǒ hǎo yù tā tóngfáng .

22 Lābān jiù bǎishè yánxí , qǐng qì le nà dìfang de zhòngrén .

23 Dào wǎnshang , Lābān jiàng nǚér Lìyà sòng lái gĕi Yǎgè , Yǎgè jiù yǔ tā tóngfáng .