Genesis 29:21

21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.

Genesis 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Genesis 29:21 In-Context

19 And Laban said to him, better that I should give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.
20 And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.
21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage-feast.
23 And it was even, and he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.