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Genesis 29:23-31 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

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?”

26. And Laḇan said, “It is not done this way in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

27. “Complete the week of this one, then we give you this one too, for the service which you shall serve with me still another seven years.”

28. And Ya‛aqoḇ did so and completed her week. Then he gave him his daughter Raḥĕl too, as wife.

29. And Laḇan gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Raḥĕl as a female servant.

30. And he also went in to Raḥĕl, and he also loved Raḥĕl more than Lĕ’ah. And he served with Laḇan still another seven years.

31. And יהוה saw that Lĕ’ah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Raḥĕl was barren.

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