◄ Genesis 29:23 ►
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Good News Translation
But that night, instead of Rachel, he took Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had intercourse with her. (

New Revised Standard Version
But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.

Contemporary English Version
But that evening he brought Leah to Jacob, who married her and spent the night with her.

New American Bible
At nightfall he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he consummated the marriage with her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And at night he brought in Lia, his daughter, to him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And at night he brought in Lia, his daughter, to him,

brought her.

Genesis 24:65 And said to the servant: Who is that man who cometh towards us along the field? And he said to her: That man is my master. But she quickly took her cloak, and covered herself.

Genesis 38:14,15 And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him. . . .

Micah 7:5 Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
…22And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage. 23And at night he brought in Lia, his daughter, to him,24Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom, when morning was come he saw it was Lia.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:22
And he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage.

Genesis 29:24
Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her according to custom, when morning was come he saw it was Lia.

Genesis 31:15
Hath he not counted us as strangers, and sold us, and eaten up the price of us?

Genesis 29:22
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