Genesis 29:21
And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 he, having invited a great number of his friends to the feast, made the marriage.
Cross References
Genesis 29:18And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis 31:41And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.
Judges 15:1And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying:
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 →