Chapter 29
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And Laban said to Jacob, "Is it like this, my brother? Should you serve me for nothing? Tell me, what are your wages?"
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And Laban had two daughters. The name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger one was Rachel.
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And the eyes of Leah were tender, and Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.
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And Jacob loved Rachel and said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter."
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And Laban said, "It is better that you give her to yourself than that I give her to another man. Place her according to my standing."
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And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were in his eyes like a few days, for his love for her.
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And Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I will go to her."
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And Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.
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And it was evening, and he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he came to her.
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And Laban gave his maidservant Zilpah to her as a maidservant to Leah his daughter.
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And it was in the morning, and behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
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And Laban said, "It is not done this way in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn."
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Fulfill the seven, and I will give her to you also—this one—in service that you will serve with me yet seven other years.
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And Jacob did so and fulfilled those seven years, and he gave his daughter Rachel to him as a wife.
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And Laban gave Bilhah his maidservant to his daughter Rachel as a maidservant to her.
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He also came to Rachel, and he loved Rachel very much too. And he served with him yet another seven years.