Genesis 29:16-35 ▼

16 And to Laban two daughters: the name to the great, Leah; and the name to the small, Rachel.

17 And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look.

18 And Jacob will love Rachel, and will say, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy daughter the small.

19 And Laban will say, Good for me to give her to thee rather than for me to give her to another man. Dwell with me.

20 And Jacob will serve for Rachel seven years, and they will be in his eyes as a few days in his loving her.

21 And Jacob will say to Laban, Give my wife, for the days were completed, and I will go in to her.

22 And Laban will gather together all the men of the place, and will make a drinking.

23 And it will be in the evening, and he will take Leah his daughter, and bring her to him, and he will go in to her.

24 And Laban will give to her, Zilpah his maid, to Leah his daughter a maid.

25 And it will be in the morning, and behold, she was Leak And he will say to Laban, What this thou didst to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? and wherefore didst thou deceive me?

26 And Laban will say, It shall not be done so in our place, to give the small before the first-born.

27 Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years.

28 And Jacob will do so, and he will complete her seven, and he will give to him Rachel his daughter to him for a wife.

29 And Laban will give to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his maid to her for a maid.

30 And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years.

31 And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren.

32 And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me.

33 And she will yet again conceive and bear a son, and she will say that Jehovah heard that I am hated, and he will give to me this also; and she will call his name Simeon.

34 And she will conceive yet again, and will bear a son, and she will say, The time now, my husband will join himself to me, for I bare to him three sons: for this his name was called Levi.

35 And she will conceive yet again and will bear a son, and she will say, This time I will confess to Jehovah: for this she called his name Judah; and she will stand from bearing.