Genesis 29:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ Jacob did so and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.

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²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

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²⁸ So Jacob complied and fulfilled [Leah's] week; then [Laban] gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife.

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²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

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²⁸ So that is what Jacob did. He completed the celebratory week with this woman, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

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²⁸ He agreed to his pleading. And after the week had passed, he took Rachel as a wife.

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Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”

(Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her maid.)

Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

And you shall not take a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.