Genesis 29:28
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other 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.