Verse 22
Genesis 29:22
Free Bible Version
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When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me? It was for Rachel that I worked for you! Why have you deceived me?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף לָבָ֛ן אֶת כָּל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַ/מָּק֖וֹם וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּֽה
English Translation
And Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.
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Chapter 29 Context
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Jacob went quickly on his way, and arrived in the land of the eastern people.
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As he looked around he saw a well in a field with three flocks of sheep lying down beside it, waitin...
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The usual practice was that once all the flocks had arrived, the shepherds would roll away the stone...
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Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they replied.
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“Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?” he asked. “Yes, we know him,” they replied.
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“How is he?” he asked. “He's well,” they replied. “Look! In fact here's his daughter Rachel coming w...
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“Look, there's still plenty of daylight left,” said Jacob. “It's too early to round up the sheep yet...
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“We can't do that until all the flocks have arrived,” they told him. “Then we roll away the stone fr...
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When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, he went over and rolled away the...
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(He had told her that he was a relative of her father, Rebekah's son.) She ran and told her father w...
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As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob he ran out to meet him. He hugged him and kissed him, an...
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Laban told him, “No question about it—you're my own flesh and blood!” Jacob stayed with Laban for a...
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One day Laban said to him, “You're my relative so you shouldn't be working for me for nothing! Tell...
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Laban had two daughters. The older one was Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
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Leah had kind eyes, but Rachel had a shapely figure and beautiful looks.
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Jacob was in love with Rachel so he promised Laban, “I'll do seven years work for you for Rachel, yo...
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“Well it's better for me to give her to you than anyone else,” Laban replied. “So stay here and work...
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Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he reall...
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Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wif...
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But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
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(Laban also arranged for his servant Zilpah to be Leah's personal maid.)
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When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me...
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“Here we don't give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn,” Laban replied.
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“Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long...
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Jacob agreed. He finished the week of wedding celebrations for Leah, and then Laban gave Jacob his d...
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(Laban also arranged for his servant Bilhah to be Rachel's personal maid.)
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So Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another...
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When the Lord saw that Leah wasn't loved he helped Leah to have children, but not Rachel.
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Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suf...
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Then Leah became pregnant again, and had another son. She said, “The Lord has heard that I'm not lov...
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Leah became pregnant for the third time, and had another son. She said, “Finally my husband will be...
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Once again Leah became pregnant and had another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I can r...
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