Genesis 29:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

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  • Gen 24:65 : 65 And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
  • Gen 38:14-15 : 14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife. 15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

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  • Gen 29:24-25
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    24And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

    25And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

  • Gen 29:21-22
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    21Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

    22And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

  • Gen 30:15-17
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    15But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

    16In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

    17And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 29:27-30
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    27Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

    28And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

    30Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

  • Gen 30:3-5
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    3Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

    4So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

  • Gen 30:9-10
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    9When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

    10And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

  • Gen 29:16
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    16Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 31:33
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    33So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

  • Gen 29:12-13
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    12And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

    13And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

  • Gen 34:1
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    1Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

  • Gen 29:19
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    19And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

  • Gen 34:7
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    7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

    26And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

  • Gen 38:16
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    16And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

  • Gen 29:9-10
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    9While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

  • Gen 31:55
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    55And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • Gen 31:18
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    18And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 30:19
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    19And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

  • Gen 30:21
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    21After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.

  • Gen 30:12
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    12And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.