After seven years Jacob said to Laban, “Give me Rachel so that I can marry her. My time of work for you is finished.”
Deuteronomy 22:13 - Easy To Read Version “A man might marry a girl and have sexual relations with her. Then he might decide that he does not like her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If any man takes a wife and goes in to her, and then scorns her American Standard Version (1901) If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, Common English Bible Suppose a man gets married and consummates the marriage but subsequently despises his wife. Catholic Public Domain Version If a man takes a wife, and afterwards he has hatred for her, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her, |
After seven years Jacob said to Laban, “Give me Rachel so that I can marry her. My time of work for you is finished.”
That night, Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob. Jacob and Leah had sexual relations together.
The Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. So the Lord made it possible for Leah to have children. But Rachel did not have any children.
He might lie and say, ‘I married this woman, but when we had sexual relations, I found she was not a virgin. [134] ’ By saying this against her, people might think bad things about her.
“A man might marry a woman, and then find some secret thing about her that he does not like. If that man is not pleased with her, he must write the divorce papers and give them to her. Then he must send her from his house.