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Genesis 29:18-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

18. And Jacob, loving her, said, "I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel."

19. Laban responded, "It is better that I give her to you than to another man; remain with me."

20. Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love.

21. And he said to Laban, "Give my wife to me. For now the time has been fulfilled, so that I may go in to her."

22. And he, having called a great crowd of his friends to the feast, agreed to the marriage.

23. And at night, he brought in his daughter Leah to him,

24. giving his daughter a handmaid named Zilpah. After Jacob had gone in to her, according to custom, when morning had arrived, he saw Leah.

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