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Genesis - ch 29 v 21 - 35
- And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may go in to her.
- And Laban assembled all the men of the place, and made a feast.
- And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.
- And Laban gave to his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid.
- And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? why then hast thou deceived me?
- And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
- Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
- And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.
- And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid.
- And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.
- And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
- And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
- And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband adhere to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
- And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.
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