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Genesis
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English: Webster's Bible |
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Genesis 29 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be? |
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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. |
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Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored. |
| 18. |
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. |
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. |
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her. |
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And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may go in to her. |
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And Laban assembled all the men of the place, and made a feast. |
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her. |
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And Laban gave to his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. |
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? why then hast thou deceived me? |
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And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born. |
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Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. |
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also. |
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And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid. |
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And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. |
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And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren. |
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And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. |
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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. |
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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband adhere to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. |
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And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing. |
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