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21 And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled. 22 Then Laban gathered together all the men of that place, and made a feast. 23 And when euen was come, he toke Lea his daughter, and brought her to hym, and he went in to her. 24 And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be her seruaunt. 25 And when the mornyng was come, beholde it was Lea. Then sayde he to Laban: Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue thee for Rachel? wherfore then hast thou begyled me? 26 Laban aunswered: It is not the maner of this place, to marry ye younger before the first borne. 27 Passe out this weeke, & then we wyll geue thee this also for the seruice whiche thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeres more. Genesis 29:21-27, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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