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Bereshis 29:26-32 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

26. And Lavan said, It must not be so done in our land, to give the younger before the bechirah.

27. Finish her shvu'a (week), and we will give thee this also for the avodah (service, work) which thou shalt do for me yet sheva shanim acherot.

28. And Ya'akov did so, and fulfilled her shvu'a; and he gave him Rachel his bat to be his isha also.

29. And Lavan gave to his bat Rachel Bilhah his shifchah to be her shifchah.

30. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served him yet sheva shanim acherot.

31. And when Hashem saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb but Rachel was barren.

32. And Leah conceived, and bore a ben, and she called shmo Reuven: for she said, Surely Hashem hath looked upon my misery; now therefore my ish will love me.

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