Genesis 29:22

22 So Laban invited all the people of that place and gave a wedding feast.

Genesis 29:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:22

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place
Of the city of Haran, which may be understood of the chief and principal of them, to make the marriage of his daughter public and authentic:

and made a feast;
a marriage or marriage feast, as the Septuagint version, see ( Matthew 22:2 ) ; which was usual, when a marriage was solemnized, expressive of joy on that account.

Genesis 29:22 In-Context

20 Jacob worked seven years in return for Rachel, but the years seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her.

21 [At the end of the seven years] Jacob said to Laban, "The time is up; give me my wife! I want to sleep with her."

22 So Laban invited all the people of that place and gave a wedding feast.

23 In the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob. Jacob slept with her. When morning came, he realized it was Leah.

24 (Laban had given his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.)