Genesis 29:16

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(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

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  • Gen 49:31 : 31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied,“We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
  • Gen 29:17 : 17 Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)
  • Gen 29:25-32 : 25 In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban,“What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?” 26 “It is not our custom here,” Laban replied,“to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn. 27 Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” 28 Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29 (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) 30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well. He also loved Rachel more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban for seven more years. 31 The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless. 32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  • Gen 30:19 : 19 Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.
  • Gen 31:4 : 4 So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
  • Gen 35:23 : 23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.

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    17Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)

    18Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said,“I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”

    19Laban replied,“I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

  • Gen 29:22-31
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    22So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

    23In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.

    24(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)

    25In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban,“What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”

    26“It is not our custom here,” Laban replied,“to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.

    27Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work.”

    28Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

    29(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

    30Jacob slept with Rachel as well. He also loved Rachel more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban for seven more years.

    31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

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    15Then Laban said to Jacob,“Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”

  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

    10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.

    11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.

    12When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

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    33So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

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    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

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    18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

    19The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

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    6“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied,“He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

  • Gen 28:2
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    2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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    26“What have you done?” Laban demanded of Jacob.“You’ve deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!

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    12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

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    9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

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    29(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

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    25The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.

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    31“I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban.“I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.

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    7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

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    21After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

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    19While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.