Genesis 29:16-30 ▼

16 And Laban has two daughters, the name of the older [is] Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

17 and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel has been beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.

18 And Jacob loves Rachel and says, “I serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter”:

19 and Laban says, “It is better for me to give her to you than to give her to another man; dwell with me”;

20 and Jacob serves for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

21 And Jacob says to Laban, “Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in to her”;

22 and Laban gathers all the men of the place, and makes a banquet.

23 And it comes to pass in the evening, that he takes his daughter Leah, and brings her to him, and he goes in to her;

24 and Laban gives his maidservant Zilpah to her, to his daughter Leah, [for] a maidservant.

25 And it comes to pass in the morning, that behold, it [is] Leah; and he says to Laban, “What [is] this you have done to me? Have I not served with you for Rachel? And why have you deceived me?”

26 And Laban says, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn;

27 fulfill the period of seven [for] this one, and we also give to you this one, for the service which you serve with me yet seven other years.”

28 And Jacob does so, and fulfills the period of seven [for] this one, and he gives his daughter Rachel to him for a wife for him;

29 and Laban gives his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel for a maidservant for her.

30 And he also goes in to Rachel, and he also loves Rachel more than Leah; and he serves with him yet seven other years.