Genesis 29:19
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Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.

Psalm 12:2 They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

Isaiah 6:5,11 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts. . . .

Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
18And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. 19Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Lexicon
Laban
לָבָ֗ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

replied,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Better
ט֚וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

that I give
תִּתִּ֣י (tit·tî)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

her
אֹתָ֣הּ (’ō·ṯāh)
Direct object marker | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

to you
לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

than
מִתִּתִּ֥י (mit·tit·tî)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

to another.
אַחֵ֑ר (’a·ḥêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

Stay here
שְׁבָ֖ה (šə·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with me.”
עִמָּדִֽי׃ (‘im·mā·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto,


Additional Translations
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me.

And Laban said to him, It is better that I should give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

and Laban saith, 'It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'
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