Genesis 29:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Judg 15:1 : 1 Samson Versus the Philistines Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father,“I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.
  • Matt 1:18 : 18 The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
  • Gen 4:1 : 1 The Story of Cain and Abel Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said,“I have created a man just as the LORD did!”
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 Since 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 : 20 So 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.
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you– fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
  • Gen 38:16 : 16 He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

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  • Gen 29:22-30
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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.

  • Gen 30:25-26
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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.”

  • Gen 29:18-20
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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.”

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

    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.

  • Gen 30:15-16
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    15But Leah replied,“Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“All right,” Rachel said,“he may go to bed with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

    16When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.

  • Gen 30:3-4
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    3She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”

    4So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob slept with her.

  • Gen 29:14-16
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    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 31:33
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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.

  • 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.

  • Gen 31:25-27
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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.

    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!

    27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?

  • 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 30:28
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    28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”

  • Gen 31:36
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    36Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?

  • Gen 31:4
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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

  • Gen 31:55
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    55(32:1) Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home.

  • Gen 29:10-12
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    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.

  • Gen 31:43
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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?

  • Gen 24:51
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    51Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decided.”

  • Gen 24:38
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    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’