Genesis 29:21
And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
In Context
22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Cross References
Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis 31:41These twenty years I have been in thy house. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock. And thou have changed my wages ten times.
Judges 15:1But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber, but her father would not allow him to go in.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:16-31
Jacob's Marriage. ( b. c. 1753.) 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I… Read the whole commentary →