Genesis 29:25
And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?
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24And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.
26And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
Cross References
Genesis 27:35And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.
Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?
Proverbs 11:31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
Matthew 7:12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
1 Corinthians 3:13Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
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 →