Genesis 29:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:2 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Isa 6:11 : 11 I replied,“How long, Lord?” He said,“Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

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  • Gen 29:24-30
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    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.

  • Gen 29:18
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    18Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said,“I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”

  • Gen 29:20-22
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    20So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

    21Finally Jacob said to Laban,“Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”

    22So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

  • Gen 29:12-16
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    12When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

    13When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him.

    14Then Laban said to him,“You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

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

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

  • Gen 30:25-28
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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.

    26Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”

    27But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”

    28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”

  • Gen 30:34
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    34“Agreed!” said Laban,“It will be as you say.”

  • Gen 31:31
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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.

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

  • Gen 31:43-44
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    43Laban replied to Jacob,“These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today or the children to whom they have given birth?

    44So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”

  • Gen 29:6
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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 31:50-51
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    50If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.”

    51“Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob.

  • Gen 30:31
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    31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

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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.

  • Gen 31:25
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    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.