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Genesis 29:16-25 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

16. And Laḇan had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lĕ’ah, and the name of the younger was Raḥĕl.

17. And Lĕ’ah’s eyes were weak, but Raḥĕl was lovely of form and appearance.

18. And Ya‛aqoḇ loved Raḥĕl, so he said, “Let me serve you seven years for Raḥĕl your younger daughter.”

19. And Laḇan said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”

20. So Ya‛aqoḇ served seven years for Raḥĕl, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

21. Then Ya‛aqoḇ said to Laḇan, “Give me my wife, for my days are completed, and let me go in to her.”

22. And Laḇan gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.

23. And it came to be in the evening, that he took Lĕ’ah his daughter and brought her to Ya‛aqoḇ. And he went in to her.

24. And Laḇan gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Lĕ’ah as a female servant.

25. And in the morning it came to be, that see, it was Lĕ’ah. So he said to Laḇan, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Raḥĕl that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?”

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