Genesis 29:28
26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
27 Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
- KJV
- And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
- WEB
- Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
- ASV
- And jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
- DARBY
- And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week [with] this one, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.
- BLB
- And Jacob did so, and he fulfilled the week of this one; and he gave to him Rachel his daughter, to him, for a wife.
- ÅB
- Og Jakob gjorde så, og han lot bryllups-uken gå til ende. Da gav han ham sin datter Rakel til hustru.
- OTB
- Jakob gjorde det. Han fullførte uken med Lea, og så ga Laban ham sin datter Rakel som hans kone.
- B1930
- Og Jakob gjorde så, og han lot bryllups-uken gå til ende. Da gav han ham sin datter Rakel til hustru.